@angeloinchina Cuban forces had a deep grip inside Venezuela for years. In some areas, removing Cuban security influence was seen by locals as a step toward rebuilding the country and creating a better future. People didn’t stop, they kept working, surviving, and pushing forward.
China finally opened its eyes and realized that capitalism is the most effective way to fuel and sustain any ideology. After decades of putting ideology ahead of economic growth, they shifted course and embraced markets, manufacturing, and capital.
Now they look strategic and disciplined, but it took them nearly a century to fully accept that economic power is the foundation of geopolitical and ideological power.
It became a superpower once it recognized its own error. The mistake was putting ideology ahead of economics. China realized that capitalism could be used as the engine to generate the cash flow needed to sustain and expand its ideology.
Before, China was ideology first and economics second. Now, it’s economics first — and the wealth created through capitalism is used to strengthen and project its ideological system.
China became a superpower the moment it recognized its own error.
The old model was ideology first, economics second.
Now it’s economics first — and the cash flow from capitalism funds and strengthens the ideology.
That shift changed everything.
China realized you can’t project power without economic strength. Capitalism became the engine, while the state kept control of the direction.
In many ways, capitalism wasn’t the enemy. It became the fuel.
Capitalism is the answer.
@WhileTravelling Funny how you rarely hear about Americans risking everything to live undocumented in China, but you constantly hear about people from China trying to stay in the U.S. illegally. That contrast says more about global opportunity than politics ever could.