At the risk of being all "this is just like video game", what Dengism did is basically the equivalent of some scene where the protagonist has to slam a little bit of The Serum the villain made in order to survive the final confrontation: enough to gain their powers and immunity, but not enough to lose their mind.
Yep, Marxists understand markets better than liberals do, and as such they can be used in certain comditions to tremendous effect. Social safety nets did indeed suffer as well, it wasn't a magic bullet, but by and large the gamble paid off.
It absolutely has, at least as far as introducing new contradictions, but so far this has proven to be manageable. There are more liberals now, but at the same time they have stayed the course and maintained socialism.
At the risk of being all "this is just like video game", what Dengism did is basically the equivalent of some scene where the protagonist has to slam a little bit of The Serum the villain made in order to survive the final confrontation: enough to gain their powers and immunity, but not enough to lose their mind.
Yep, Marxists understand markets better than liberals do, and as such they can be used in certain comditions to tremendous effect. Social safety nets did indeed suffer as well, it wasn't a magic bullet, but by and large the gamble paid off.
You guys don't fear that a cheeky taste of capitalism hasn't introduced a poison into Chinese economics? Not that I disagree with your points.
It absolutely has, at least as far as introducing new contradictions, but so far this has proven to be manageable. There are more liberals now, but at the same time they have stayed the course and maintained socialism.
It’s a calculated risk which so far China seems to have managed okay. Previously: