It’s a weird kind of fascism.

The world labor market would be better off.

Revisionist swine!

originate from within the government is considered suspect, and a possible threat to the system. "Just be good little consumers and workers, and keep an eye on your family, neighbors, and co-workers for signs of suspicious activity."

Industrial Revolution, up until the Depression Era. Wealth was concentrated in a few hands and the common people were killing themselves working 12 hour shifts six days a week for poverty wages. The U.S. government was also locking up socialists and deporting anarchists and the industrial giants were shooting workers who tried to organize.

Times changed and conditions got better after a long struggle, but the Rockefellers and Morgans and the rest of the titans never paid for the things they did to people who were just trying to provide a life for their families. China's due for a day of reckoning, but I wonder how many of the wealthy over there will pay for what they've done; probably very few, for it looks like the wealthy people in China are buying property and raising their families in the U.S.

The vast majority of the people have seen an incredible increase in their standard of living in the past 30 years. They seem fully on board with the system and very proud of their country.

This was in the biggest cities and the small towns we visited.