It was the taoists who first realized the principles of what would be called libertarian thought - that the emperors who toiled less over their empire tended to have a more prosperous empire. Hence the expression - wei wu wei.
Not only do you not understand the strengths and weaknesses of either culture - you neglect the greatest strengths and insights made in the East. Confucianism was heavily destructive to China and communism only moderately less so.