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It's about time the powerful people in China starting to realize how the rest of the world sees China has direct impact to them, and use their newly acquired we
by analyst74 11y ago
It's about time the powerful people in China starting to realize how the rest of the world sees China has direct impact to them, and use their newly acquired wealth to improve that.
For normal people, I see it being a positive change in the long run, using money to influence public opinion is much better than using guns. Once part of the ruling class acquire enough media-savvy to influence the public, they will start pushing for more democratic form of government, because that gives them more power.
- SpaceManNabs 11y agoThe assumption is that the ruling class already doesn't have their hands all over the government and businesses?
- shostack 11y agoHuh? The current situation seems to be working pretty well for the ruling class over there. They control the media, and thus local public perception. How exactly would more democratic forms of government benefit them?
- analyst74 11y agoContrary to popular belief, the CCP is not ruled by a single paramount leader anymore, and not everyone shares the same vision or benefit from the same policies. There are forces pulling the government to different directions, just like different special interest groups shape US policies. If a small group of people, especially the newly minted tech and industrial elites (as opposed to traditional military and party elites), learnt the more western way of influencing public opinions, they will use it as a competitive advantage over their political competitions.