the students didnt shudder they cringed because chinese people aren’t shielded from tiananmen square they are taught about it

also that debate probably just caught the chinese student off gaurd. obviously the response to that is that is a market created efficiency through competition then how can non-competitive supply chains completely insular to major corporations like walmart be so efficient? they are are completely shielded from the usual market forces and are, de facto, a form of planned economy on a smaller scale. i doubt your average chinese debater has read “the peoples republic of walmart”