China plays chess, while Russia plays poker
The David McWilliams Podcast
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The Importance of Democracy in the Modern World
The Europeans have quite a different tradition and talk about the Reformation. But essentially the Germans have this expression called Stadlof-McFry, which means the city air makes you free. What China and Russia are offering the world is an autocratic, almost feudal system where the citizen can expect to do well financially but they don't have any democratic rights. I think what's going to happen is that China is going into reverse.
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