Much of China’s last two decades of apparent prosperity seems to be an illusion designed to fool both its own people and outside investors. But the Potemkin village of Huaxi takes China’s illusory prosperity to the next level.
“Huaxi in east China, is a mysterious socialist town that once believed that the residents were entitled to extraordinary amenities, including free healthcare, education, luxurious homes, cars, and at least $250,000 in their bank accounts. The so-called richest village in China is now running into debt with villagers waiting in the rain to claim their money back from Huaxi.”
Potemkin prosperity is a poor substitute for an actual productive economy.
Tags: China, Communism, Economics, Foreign Policy, Huaxi, video
potemkin Villages have been much on my mind since the 2020 election, so-called. I have also been thinking of an old quote by Frank Zappa. “The illusion of Freedom will continue as long as it’s profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way, and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater.”
The Communist Potemkin Village is just a few steps down the road from the hollowed-out shell of Western democracy.
The other quote that has been on my mind is one from John Adams, when he warned us that the constitution was wholly incapable of governing an immoral or irreligious people because they would go through it as a whale goes through a net.
Bitterly true.
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