I'm saying it's religion because how in the world can there be billionaires in the system you're describing??? To hold those concepts together requires nothing short of belief

I don't need to read your book list. Smart people can trick themselves into the most wild of mental gymnastics, there is no possible justification for billionaires. At best your book is an explanation of how China has failed to live up to their stated beliefs

Wise people recognize the truth when they see it. Billionaires come from mass exploitation, and only from mass exploitation. There's simply no other way.

Now, we could talk about the explotation, what China does better than the West and such, but only if you can set down your beliefs about China

I could very easily have that conversation, because I haven't put China, the US, or any country on a pedestal

They are real places with real people and real problems to me. I can look at them clearly and with minimal bias, because I know I will find humans there if I zoom in, with all the same human problems, but maybe better or worse solutions that I could learn from