Yes, I pretty much agree with everything you said. I think that our differences have been in how we use terminology.
I would only argue that, for the time being at least, China's system is more controlled and less spontaneously-organizing than the U.S. But both systems are in a race to the bottom -- where the bottom is abject totalitarianism. But, yes, 'We must fix our own home before we worry about our neighbors.' If we still can.
Yes, I pretty much agree with everything you said. I think that our differences have been in how we use terminology.
I would only argue that, for the time being at least, China's system is more controlled and less spontaneously-organizing than the U.S. But both systems are in a race to the bottom -- where the bottom is abject totalitarianism. But, yes, 'We must fix our own home before we worry about our neighbors.' If we still can.