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China has brought millions out of poverty. The US has not – by choice
(www.theguardian.com)
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A consequence of early communal capital allocation. The state had already built up a surplus of health and education inventory, having failed to anticipate rapid migration to the cities. Rather than overflow the existing system, they told people to return to their native villages for services.
You can debate the ethics or efficiency of this system. Hardly the first time ranking bureaucrats failed to anticipate a sea change in social behavior and decided punitive measures would work better than short-term rapid expansion of social services. But the state bureaucracy quickly sought to rectify the system by expanding capacity in the cities, culminating in a reform of Hukou in '86 and another in '93.
But this created its own crisis as people back in the rural communities recoiled at what they saw as an abandonment of the Communist ideals of the Maoist Era. So they flooded into the cities in protest, culminating in the famous Tienanmen Square riots and subsequent military repression. Any policy that has a negative consequence is a form of authoritarian villainy, without regard to the intended consequences or broader benefits. When you're a communist. If you're implementing unpopular policies on a restive public when you're a capitalist, the rules are reversed.
If I had a $1 for every person on the internet I ran into who had a "I just happen to have a first-hand account that proves I'm right, take my word for it"...
Hell, I've got more than a few. I just don't consider "my personal anecdote" irrefutable proof that an entire country is run by cartoon villains.