Hillarysworld

This is a perspective that I do not share as the ideal society; nonetheless, it is a feasible one as has been demonstrated, and with its limitations..  I share this blog as it is a cohesive and well written argument - a good blog worth reading.

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A Different Kind of Freedom

By Isaac Stone Fish

The day before Hillary Clinton gave a speech last week about China's cyberattacks and its threat to the free flow of Internet information, the Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal released their 16th annual Index of Economic Freedom, which ranks countries according to the ability of their citizens to work, produce, consume, and invest in any way they please. For the past 16 years, Hong Kong and Singapore have sat comfortably in the top two spots. Strikingly, though, neither state boasts a high level of political freedom; they're often rated on a par with countries like Morocco or Moldova by indexes of political independence, and Human Rights Watch recently called Singapore a "textbook example" of a repressive state.

While Clinton's speech had been scheduled before Google's announcement that it would stop censoring Chinese search results, she used the opportunity to prod Beijing on its restrictive Internet policies, warning it that censoring Internet access would wall China off from "the progress of the next century." Yet this may not be the case. China hopes to learn from Singapore and Hong Kong on how to eliminate poverty, protect the environment, and raise citizens' per capita income, all with minimal political liberalization. So far, China's Communist Party has managed to sustain heady economic growth without sacrificing its viselike grip on the Internet or political freedoms. If it can keep it up, it will show the West that progress can come not only from allowing freedoms but by controlling them.

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I for one would forego a lot for political freedom, freedom of speech, religious beliefs, and equality.

I am interested in knowing how you feel about these other more prosperous economies that do not enjoy our freedoms but rather enjoy controlled prosperity.

Saving the masses from economic misery is an essential first step to saving democracy in ANY country. If that involves the government stepping in, so be it. I do not believe that the government should control much more than that.. than to prevent anarchy driven by hungry stomachs.  We as citizens need to guard against feudalism and limited freedom of speech.

I am ALL for freedom of expression. I could not survive a day without it.  LOL.