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I'm going to ask for some more explanation of how China is more economically free than the US. What are my property rights like?



Well, its more free in that you canbribe people safe in the knowledge that this is how the ruling class have acted since Mao (maybe longer?). It's just a business transaction. You can also top up your milk's protein measurements by adding melamine, then use your bribing ability to shut down investigations into the dead babies. The fraud aspect is a greater freedom. Copy and steal overseas companies products and make knockoffs, with no risk of being sued, yet another freedom.


You can also top up your milk's protein measurements by adding melamine, then use your bribing ability to shut down investigations into the dead babies.

Yes, you can do that if your idea of a good time is a date with a firing squad.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/24/china-executes-m...


Not sure if that was punishing the crime or punishing the crime because the story broke and the world knows. How many stories are there that never got out, and no one was punished? Good find, I wasn't aware of that part of the story.


Why are property rights (ie. a government granted monopoly) an indication of freedom?

Edit: I literally mean property rights, not "IP".




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