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Authoritarians don't quash dissent so that their nation can achieve higher levels of greatness and prosperity. They do it to maintain control.

nashashmi 9y ago
maintain control TO achieve higher levels of greatness and prosperity Atleast that is what the Chinese Communist Party is all about. They are significantly engineering and technical backgrounds, not politicians. They cannot weave and deceive through people issues.
- toasterlovin 9y ago
  So what you're telling me is that all the politicians figured out that they need to get an engineering degree in order to have viable political career?
  - nashashmi 9y ago
    Actually what I am trying to say is that politics in China runs very differently than it does in other countries.
    - toasterlovin 9y ago
      What I’m saying is that “we’re doing this bad thing to further the greatness of China” is a justification for what’s going on, not an explanation. I mean, if a thief took your wallet, would you believe them when they explained that they did so for safekeeping?
  - ghostcluster 9y ago
    *born into the right family
- candiodari 9y ago
  > Atleast that is what the Chinese Communist Party is all about. They are significantly engineering and technical backgrounds, not politicians. They cannot weave and deceive through people issues. That must be why they're so worried about Winnie the Pooh then ? "Somehow" and like with every other authoritarian there seems to be a LOT more concern about the ego of the leader than about China itself. Wouldn't you agree ?
- dragonwriter 9y ago
  > Atleast that is what the Chinese Communist Party is all about. They are significantly engineering and technical backgrounds, not politicians. They cannot weave and deceive through people issues. The leadership of the Communist Party may have lots of people with technical backgrounds, but they quite obviously do actively work to, and do well enough at, weaving and decieving through “people issues”. Also, they are politicians: having a technical background doesn't make a politician any less of a politician.

nashashmi 9y ago

maintain control TO achieve higher levels of greatness and prosperity Atleast that is what the Chinese Communist Party is all about. They are significantly engineering and technical backgrounds, not politicians. They cannot weave and deceive through people issues.

toasterlovin 9y ago
So what you're telling me is that all the politicians figured out that they need to get an engineering degree in order to have viable political career?
- nashashmi 9y ago
  Actually what I am trying to say is that politics in China runs very differently than it does in other countries.
  - toasterlovin 9y ago
    What I’m saying is that “we’re doing this bad thing to further the greatness of China” is a justification for what’s going on, not an explanation. I mean, if a thief took your wallet, would you believe them when they explained that they did so for safekeeping?
- ghostcluster 9y ago
  *born into the right family
candiodari 9y ago
> Atleast that is what the Chinese Communist Party is all about. They are significantly engineering and technical backgrounds, not politicians. They cannot weave and deceive through people issues. That must be why they're so worried about Winnie the Pooh then ? "Somehow" and like with every other authoritarian there seems to be a LOT more concern about the ego of the leader than about China itself. Wouldn't you agree ?
dragonwriter 9y ago
> Atleast that is what the Chinese Communist Party is all about. They are significantly engineering and technical backgrounds, not politicians. They cannot weave and deceive through people issues. The leadership of the Communist Party may have lots of people with technical backgrounds, but they quite obviously do actively work to, and do well enough at, weaving and decieving through “people issues”. Also, they are politicians: having a technical background doesn't make a politician any less of a politician.