Communism Or Democracy
Gradualism is naturally the most feasible
approach to any situation. Since the
fall of the iron curtain, these two
Communist power houses have chose to move
towards democracy. China has chosen
to take the natural, more gradual approach
to democracy where as Russia has
chosen the fast-paced, more dangerous approach.
These two nations have
chosen to change their economies from a collectivized
command one to a market
oriented one in order to increase the standard of living
in their countries.
As we have seen in recent years, China is booming and
becoming more and more
successful, while Russia seems like it is regressing back
to parochial ways.
It is impossible to compare anything but Russia and China's
approaches to
change, and the results that incurred. The two nations have vastly
different
economies and to compare one economy to another would be illogical.
China
and Russia's approach to change are vastly different, almost like night
and
day. China's political and economic policy has always been to do
things
gradually. Whereas Russia believed in going through the necessary
changes
quickly, so that the hardship would in turn pass just as quickly. In
the
implementation of their policies, we have seen that China's approach has
led to
a 29% of growth in their industrial field. But in comparison, Russia
only
yielded 15% with their approach. But one must keep in mind that China
has more
industrial sectors than does Russia, so their job in improving
industry is
notably easier than Russia's feat in developing an industry.
Politically, the
two nations have the same policies that they held in their
economies. China
believes in gradually letting the people have more access to
political freedom.
And again, Russia's policy has been to flood them all
at once with these new
found freedoms. Unfortunately Russia's policy hasn't
been the most naturally
feasible approach again. Their people have been
suddenly bombarded with all of
these new found freedoms they have never
experience before. They are like little
children let loose in a candy store.
There are all of these new things available
to them, and most of the younger
generation wants too try everything at once.
All of these citizens
experimenting with their new freedoms are creating
political chaos. The
Russian citizens don't have time to savor their new
freedoms and are just
trying to grab them from left and right. For they are
probably afraid that if
they don't take their freedoms quickly, they will leave
as quickly as they
came. On the other hand, China refuses to allow their
citizens run the
nation. Instead they are continuing to shun democracy. They
refuse to have
democratic elections, pro-democracy demonstrations, and still
censor the
press. They are still trying to maintain that wall that separates
them from
the rest of the world. From a democratic aspect, China's approach
is
appalling. China is refusing basic democratic rights that the Western
nation
citizens take for granted. China is under the misconception that they
can give
it's people little crumbs of freedom and keep them from wanting
more. China's
leaders think that they can keep controlling that many people
for an
undetermined amount of time, they don't realize that once the people
know about
a better life, nothing can stop them from pursuing that life also.
So looking at
Russia and China's political policies, it is safe to say
that what is good for
the economy may not necessarily be good for the people.
When looking at
evolution and physiology, one will also notice that changes
naturally happen
gradually. Over time, living organisms change and evolve,
but the key ingredient
is
time.