The Chinese economy

"Will the Chinese economy continue?" The journalist who asked that question meant "Will the economy continue the way it is?" I don't remember the answer the person gave. My answer is yes.

The Chinese economy will continue to ram forward. The government will use it as a means of controlling as much of the world as they can, or they will lose control of it and it will rip the country to pieces. But, the Chinese economy will continue. It has so much momentum that it will be a steam roller or a mountain slide. It will keep going though.

Many years ago, while talking about the breakup of the Soviet Union, I heard someone say that the black market and the Russian Mafia were more or less unaffected. The more turmoil, the more opportunity. People are people. One person has. Another person wants. It turns out the wanter has something the haver wants. It is the same old story.

If there were no government, there would still be people. There would still be commerce. There would still be an economy. The people doing the trading would be the only one's making profit. No one else would have come along yet and said "Give us some of that money and we will make sure you don't get roughed up. Be a damn shame if someone came along and just took your stuff, wouldn't it?"

So government is a protection racket. Capitalism is a pyramid scheme. Get over it.