Hey Mr. Poppinfresh,

At least in the USA people are free to read/watch/say what they want – unless they are the wikileaks guy, of course. 🙂

And this, my dear, is why China will remain largely a 3rd world country.

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space889 Says:

December 7th, 2010 at 8:54 am

@patriotz:

Many educated Chinese, even the ones living in the West or Taiwan where they have elections don’t believe China should have Western democracy right now.

@patriotz: No you don't because you know nothing about China history and culture and probably never know and talked to and understand what is important to the average Chinese. All government create propaganda but to say that Chinese government is constantly brainwashing its citizens is fairly far from the truth right now. 30 years during culture revolution, yeap. However to say and think the government is or can even do the same now just shows how far off base you are. Many educated Chinese, even the ones living in the West or Taiwan where they have elections don't believe China should have Western democracy right now. Many don't even feel that Western democracy is even the best system out there that Chinese should go for. There are many issues with the Western democracy and those problems can be devasting to… Read more »

@jesse:

"Dude do you know you’re a shareholder? Don’t like public sector salaries? Sell and move somewhere where there are lower taxes, or at least vote libertarian. Do something other than complaining."

Well, a shareholder forced to buy stock in a money-losing operation. And why the bizarre assumption that writing to a blog is the extent of my 'doing something?'

Sound like you may be projecting.

@patriotz:

Agreed, there is no such thing as fully effective corporate governance.

The conflict of interest is often even worse between management and bondholders.

@patriotz: Uhm hate to say it but Western Countries/Corporations aren't interested in helping other poor countries improve their economies. They only cared about cheap resource and cheap labour. That's it. It's true that China has based off it's growth strategy by exporting to the West. However to say/imply that the West is responsible for China's economic rise out of anything other than self-interest/greed for cheap resource and labour is simply wrong. Anyways, this stuff in the end goes back to how one views the world and no one is convince anyone of their views because it's all driven by personal experiences and perception. All I will say is that if you want to criticize China for this and that, take a step back and look at where China is in it's economic growth stage and compare to what other countries… Read more »

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So, shallow AND stupid.

@Plenty-O-Fish

The point wasn't that she is shallow — I won't make a judgment here about people's preferences or values, and in fact seeking financial stability in a mate certainly has something to recommend it. Rather, my point was that the mantra "owning is always more financially sound than renting" is widespread, showing up throughout our culture — such as on a dating site. It is considered to be obviously and incontrovertably true. Thus this woman would, without a thought and in complete self assurance, take renting to be the primary proof of financial instability. That's why she tells the ones who rent not to bother trying to meet her.

@Sour Grapes:

" Are some positions overpaid? You bet!! Now how about in the private sector? Nobody can tell me that any CEO is worth millions of dollars per year. We’re nowhere near that. So who’s overpaid now?"

The CEO is paid what the shareholders think he's worth. Don't like the arrangement, sell the stock. An overpaid public employee – and there do seem to be a lot of them these days – receives money that has been taken, not given, from other citizens. Actually, considering the massive debts across the Western world today it's probably more accurate to say it is money taken from the citizens' children.