china achieved, for sure. at the expense of human liberty. i don't know whehter i am willing to give up liberty or flourish economically.....that is a hard choice to make. plus, we will never ever be china or america or even come close, because we dont have land and we don't have resources adn therefore we will always fall short of investments. china is expanding b/c its demographics serves as a hugeee market for billion dollar coroprations......how long will it before google will invest in a country where GDP is less than $300 a year???? see we gotta take care of ohter things before we even think about capitalism. but america nd other western nationas are not prosperous only because of capitalism. and nepal is going through shit not just because it lacks capitalism. there are numerous visible and invisible factors involved in both cases. if you support maoists, then i don't think they wil be for capitalism. hm, that is a sticky situation. i still noted your point though.