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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
The rise of a middle class does always bring greater democracy.....eventually, in 50 or a 100 years assuming it maintains its capitalist path China will be more democratic than it is now, it is now far more democratic than it was in 1965 but the pathway that took the west hundreds of years, that the US has only begrudgingly entered into itself in my lifetime and still is far from democratic for vast swathes of its coloured population, well China will take a bit longer than 3 or 4 decades
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Unbridled capitalism certainly seems to be hurting American democracy, just as it is hurting the middle class. The highest rated democracies are countries with largely free but well-regulated market economies and robust social welfare systems. That's actually where China is headed too, though whether or not that leads to a more democratic society is very questionable.