When I wrote my first commentary on this blog, I outlined three common myths that people frequently believe without question when they think about democratic governance. Obviously, an idea as blindly and fervently worshiped as 'democracy' will have far more than just three myths associated with it. I continue my exploration of this ideology by discussing another myth that is … [Read more...] about Yet another myth about democracy: “democracy+capitalism = prosperity”
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Rethinking the Freedom-Innovation Nexus
A lot has been discussed on this blog recently with regards to censorship, most of the discourse so far have revolved around the justice and standards of censorship. I want to take a different but related direction, and discuss yet another myth propagated by the democracy/freedom advocates - the notion that "free" societies are always more innovative than their "non-free" … [Read more...] about Rethinking the Freedom-Innovation Nexus
The Myth of Chinese Non-Intervention
Unlike most other myths about China that are created and perpetuated by the West, this myth - the notion that China does not ever interfere in the internal affairs of other sovereign nation states - was created by China itself. It is perpetuated primarily by China's historical record of non-intervention. Consequently, over time this principle of non-intervention has … [Read more...] about The Myth of Chinese Non-Intervention