The Paradox of Western Opinion on Communism

In the early 90s I talked to a lot of business people, bankers among others, and they were all absolutely convinced that China was going to liberalise. It's completely impossible. The only way it could become liberal democratic or democratic in any way, is if there was a revolution. Also, they never expressed any intention of even doing that. People persist in this huge illusion that trade in and of itself with totalitarian powers makes them less totalitarian. I'm not sure there's any good example of it ever having worked like that. Business people have been on the worst in their gullibility and innocence. Despite the fact that in China, they're often arrested, sent to jail, or more