Closed societies run by repressive elites are too inflexible to adapt to an ever changing world. This is fundamental Darwinism and it means that the ChiComs are not destined for world domination, because like the Soviets they create nothing! Our system allows for constant correction of course in every way. As long as our government does not take over private enterprise we will always adjust. 20 years ago we were dependent on oil imports and now we export. Our high tech companies dominate the world because they were created by private institutions. Today Google, Apple and Amazon have replaced GM, IBM and Exxon as the richest companies just as they shall be replaced themselves in the near future. Reagan had no more to do with this than Al Gore did with the internet.