--- dlawbailey <dlawbailey at netzero.net> wrote:
> No, CB, I don't accept that the U.S. is nore
> corrupt than China. Under
> capitalism, honest dealing *among capitalists* is
> important for the system
> to work. That's why Enron is so threatening to
> capital markets.
Dlaw, I could not agree with you more strongly! Having reasonably accurate information is a neccesary part of the game here in the capitalist USA. That's not to say that there isn't bribing, etc that goes on.
In China, I would dare say, that there is almost no business that happens without bribing or corruption. There are absolutely no qualms about it. It's just the way things are done; it's part of the game. BTW, I am not speaking from opinion, I happen to know personally quite a bit about business dealings in China...not just from reading books about it.
Charles, are you speaking from some kind of real knowledge of the situation, or is your opinion just based upon the need to rush to the defence of a "socialist" country without having any real knowledge of the situation?
-Thomas
===== "The tradition of all the dead generations
weighs like a nightmare on the brain of the living"
-Karl Marx
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