China–Laboratory for Marxist Crisis Theory
Where could such a theory–“impenetrably dense” as it may be–have a better proving ground than a nation governed with all of the meritocratic efficiency of Maoism and the compassion of a Mandarin landlord. The Chinese people are awakening to the Communist Party’s transformation from jailer and executioner to jailer, executioner, and exploiter, with party bosses often ending up with controlling interests in the state-owned enterprises in their districts. Those bosses, without accountability to either voters or unions, are free to...