>>The Soviet model failed over "surpass and overtake"
>>the West.
>And who else has? It's remarkable how little change there's been in the global hierarchy over
> the last 100 years. The major exceptions are in East Asia.
What are these exceptions in East Asia? China is 50 years behind India in its political structures.It's not even a liberal democracy.
>So it's kind of remarkable that the comparison between the USSR >and the West is even made. Substitute Brazil or
>India for the USSR and see how funny it sounds.
The combined population of Britain, France, Germany, US and Japan was less than 150 million in 1850. India's development in 1950 started with 400 million people.
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