property at a fraction of market value in order to 'redistribute' it. Which, of course, undermines the whole concept of property rights, which in turn underpin all other human rights. Plus, of course, it's straight out of the state communism handbook.
Not to mention, of course, that if businesses and industry believe the state is willing to arbitrarily remove their assets without adequate compensation, they will be packing up and relocating somewhere more stable in a fücking heartbeat - to the utter ruination of our economy.
But I'm sure it's nothing to worry about. I'm sure Uncle Jezza's a lovely, friendly chap who has all our best interests at heart.
Fückssake.
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The Vietnamese, not at all. It's full on, every man for himself, frantic capitalism there. You notice lots of soldiers and police about the place, none of whom do anything at all, so the state is clearly still employing people for the sake of it, and criticising the government gets you in front of the People's Court and a 5 year stretch in chokey, so elements of the old days survive, but there's a change even in the 6 years since we were there; the flags and banners in the streets all display the Vietnamese yellow star on a red background now, not a hammer and sickle to be seen, and the censoring of the BBC, Facebook and Twitter appears to have been given up on.