All this talk of China and North Korea collapse is becoming crap.

5 years ago, i might have believed it (i even took a brief look at the
book by some Gordon... talking about China's impending collapse), but
looking at the way progress is going on in both North Korea and China,
it will be irrational to believe in a collapse.

Economic reforms will always satisfy a greater proportion of the
population than political reforms. Just look at the case of Singapore,
where there is less political freedom than even China, where people
can't join another political party without destroying their lives and
career, where the country is ruled by one family, but 50,000 Americans
live happily as expatriates in the country, and hundreds of American
companies, like HP and Exxon have billion dollar factories in the
country.

If anyone wants to champion freedom, first talk about Singapore and its
American allies. Virtually no one in Singapore, local (myself
included) or foriegner is interested in political freedom at the
expense of money and livelihood. This is a fact of life.