>Chinese people today have lived through an economic miracle
The so called 'economic miracle' fallacy only works if you ignore that it was the CCP who crippled the economic development of China.
Loosening your grip upon your victim's neck is not the same as performing the Heimlich maneuver. It doesn't make you a qualified doctor. The 'economic miracle' fallacy presents the strangler as the savior.
If we can agree that the Great Leap Forward was a regressive measure, then what of the One Child Policy? Is this not regressive and changing the terms of success? If you can not create positive economic outcomes for the majority of your population, shrinking your population is the same as moving the goal posts.
Ultimately it was not central planning which advanced the economic circumstances of Chinese people. It was the individual acts of citizens.
>Ultimately it was not central planning which advanced the economic circumstances of Chinese people. It was the individual acts of citizens.
Given the large disparity between China and other developing countries, yes the government from the 80s onwards has played a significant role in accelerating the development of the country. The alternative conclusion would be that individual citizens of the rest of the world are somehow significantly less capable than the Chinese, which strikes me as a odd conclusion.
And the one child policy definitely had a positive effect on the development of the country. It effectively kickstarted a middle class by enabling parents to funnel resources into a single child.
The so called 'economic miracle' fallacy only works if you ignore that it was the CCP who crippled the economic development of China.
Loosening your grip upon your victim's neck is not the same as performing the Heimlich maneuver. It doesn't make you a qualified doctor. The 'economic miracle' fallacy presents the strangler as the savior.
If we can agree that the Great Leap Forward was a regressive measure, then what of the One Child Policy? Is this not regressive and changing the terms of success? If you can not create positive economic outcomes for the majority of your population, shrinking your population is the same as moving the goal posts.
Ultimately it was not central planning which advanced the economic circumstances of Chinese people. It was the individual acts of citizens.