hfastedge's Journal: china and my interface with communism

After a fire killed many people in 1 internet cafe, china decides to shutdown 3000+
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/2608305.stm
They state its for safety reasons, but this is unlikely.

Over the years, I somewhat appreciate the vibe I get when reading about china, but events like these just piss me off. They need to reform the social atmosphere within the government so they stop misbehaving like this.

Maybe, just just maybe, china's approach does produce the global maximum (of peace/well being...) but I think that this example is merely a greedy algorithm.

In contrast, the other communist force, that I actually directly interface with, Debian, is always hesitant to do things because this might disrupt the precious users experience. However, debian is no where near the billions of users level....I would be surprised if there were more then 2-4 million debianites. I'll find out