>>Your point is well taken but you're being a bit selective in your examples.
>>
>
>>Why not compare the GDP of China - a Communist county, with that of Greece, a capitalist country?
>
> Greece in 1980 was
>56.83 billion USD (1980)
> Per Capita $5,948
>$200.7 billion (2017 est.)
>$27,800 (2017 est.)
>
>China in 1980
>191.1 billion USD (1980)
>Per Capita $194.80
>$12.01 trillion (2017 est.)
>$16,700 (2017 est.)


Yes. And in 1980 I could buy a Plymouth and an Oldsmobile and a TV made in the US.
There was no IBM PC, much less an Iphone

Today, Greece is functionally bankrupt and China is the second largest economy in the world.

Apple has more than a million employees in China.