"Let Some Get Rich First" – How China Made It a Mission and America Made It a Scam

1. Not Just a Slogan – A Strategy to Build the Nation

In China, the phrase "let some people get rich first" wasn't a capitalist free pass. It was a national strategy.

Deng Xiaoping said it in the early 1980s:

"Let some people and some regions get rich first, and then help others get rich, so we can achieve common prosperity."

This wasn’t about letting a few…