"You read, but you apparently didn't understand.
Motivation is the key. There are exceptions, but when you start getting into huge sample sets, as in millions, the exceptions become unimportant.
Capitalism works because it understands the nature of man, and motivates him. Communism has failed. Even China has moved away from it.
Having a greater population than the United States, and greater resources, yet having half the GNP, is hardly an example of success. In fact, the system collapsed.
Do you think it's coincidence that all Communist countries have been poor? Just look at Germany after WW II. West Germany was very wealthy, East Germany was miserable.
It's not all coincidence.
Reading books is great. But, living life is what matters. In books, even Communism can look OK. In life, it can't. "
I think you are the one that don't understand, China does not have more resources than the US, by far one of the main reasons for the US success is it's access and influence over resource, one the largest being Oil. You don't know your world economics, this is the #1 defining factor for the success of any nation, not it's economic system.
Also, you are putting the horse before the cart, all communist nations with the exception of Russia at it's height were poor, therefore they turned to Communism, there is no nation that has turned to either economic system and then became rich. Furthermore, China is turning away from Communism, they are a hybrid-system which has government owned and operated entities, planned economics, as well privatization, for example, where private investors and invest firms own vast quantities of foreign currency in the US, the Chinese government itself owns vast quantities of US notes. Either, case, the argument is not whether communism or capitalism is good or bad, the argument, is that it's really naive to think that capitalism is the end all be all, it's an economic system, that will eventually pass like others like feudalism, mercantilism, communism, etc ... because well that's what happens, P.S. China is still a communist nation, and it's getting richer, why because, although they have adopted free markets (actually always had free markets just not much privitization), the government still plays an essential role in promoting growth and directing growth in the economy, as opposed to letting markets dictate the growth. Seems to be a winning combination at the moment. Anyway, this is a vary vast subject and your comment that "reading" or understanding "the actual mechanisms" of an idea as stupid, shows, that it's simply not a conversation worth having with you (I would classify you as well another fellow ignorant American) who simply thinks he knows it all and has never been or even cared to look outside of his little sphere of knowledge. *End Generalization*
On another note, back to the point, success is not defined by moitivation, it's simply a factor, of many that will aid in being successful, being motivated is simply not the defining answer, it's why the idea of "pull yourself up by your britches" simply is a delusion, the vast majority will work very hard, and not attain those levels of success, because, circumstance, opportunity, chance, accumalated advantage, or disadvantage, simply are in the way, it's jsut nature. It's like all the lions don't get to mate, no matter how motivated they are to do so.
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