You never know, but the drag they have represented on the economy will now be gone! That is the most important point of the whole exercise. I posted another article about just this topic:  https://stacker.news/items/890921/r/Rothbardian_fanatic
The productivity that China has now may just be from a previous downsizing by Deng!

Rothbardian_fanatic

It's going to be fascinating to see what results from all this.

People who have been anti-productive are now competing for jobs in the productive economy. That's going to be a double whammy of productivity enhancement: less government obstruction and lower marginal labor costs.

Maybe some of them will even start businesses, rather than squashing them.

Politics_And_Law

Class Warfare: The Exploitation of Taxpayers by Federal Workers

It's going to be fascinating to see what results from all this. 

People who have been anti-productive are now competing for jobs in the productive economy. That's going to be a double whammy of productivity enhancement: less government obstruction and lower marginal labor costs.

Maybe some of them will even start businesses, rather than squashing them. 