Just considering the strictures on their political expression that the people must live with is enough that we needn't really be envious. But it is no doubt a good thing that the material life of more people is rising appreciably, even if the competitive pressures do pinch us a little. It has been long hoped that rising prosperity will relentlessly give rise to greater freedoms.
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Date: 2011-01-09 10:13 pm (UTC)From: