For Many of America’s Elites, China and Communism Have Already Won
No longer.
This change evolved from my observation of how communism is actually practiced in the People’s Republic of China, Cuba, and the former Soviet Union all of which I visited.
It was readily apparent that little in these countries favored “the people,” as advertised. The populace seemed less equal than any places I had ever been, even to the obviously differing cut of cloth used on the supposedly egalitarian blue Mao suits worn by all in 1979 China.
It was no accident Castro died a billionaire and Xi Jinping sleeps in Zhongnanhai, The Forbidden City, where the emperors lived. Today, Beijing has more billionaires in number than New York.