Let's truly genuinely hope this perspective is correct. This argument, or something like it, have been conventional wisdom to some for decades. And it would be

Let's truly genuinely hope this perspective is correct. This argument, or something like it, have been conventional wisdom to some for decades. And it would be so good -- for the people of China more than for anyone else. But it would be good for us all. Yet, it's difficult to watch Xi's tenure unfold and not have worrisome questions about the inevitability of this result, especially given new technologies available to potentially aspiring totalitarians.