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moondust

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6. By contrast...

Reply to LAS14 (Original post)

Sun Jun 21, 2026, 09:05 PM

Jun 21

the Soviet government used to have 5-year plans and the communist government of China still has 5-year plans. Even India had them until 2017. I don't know how good or bad they turned out to be but no doubt they contributed to more people doing more longer-term thinking.

Would it make a difference if U.S. political parties had 5-year plans? It might contribute to more longer-term thinking but harder to enact long-term policies when so much is driven by free markets rather than a centralized government.

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The scary problem with democracy is... [View all] LAS14 Jun 21 OP

To me, the scary part is that democracy is based wholly on choice. no_hypocrisy Jun 21 #1

based on responsibility, which a LARGE percentage or men and women run from in the U.S. dave99 Jun 21 #5

The problem with democracy, as I see it... kentuck Jun 21 #2

EDUCATION What Republicans have been destroying since 1959 dave99 Jun 21 #3

Billionaires need to be eliminated. EarthFirst Jun 21 #4

By contrast... moondust Jun 21 #6