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Indeed, the statement is contingent, not necessarily true. The leaders of the autocracies need to be benevolent and think long term. It all comes down to respe
by ebaysucks 16y ago
Indeed, the statement is contingent, not necessarily true. The leaders of the autocracies need to be benevolent and think long term.
It all comes down to respect of property rights. Democracies respect property rights to a limited but non-zero extent. Chinese leaders now respect private property more than most Western democracies.
- gte910h 16y agohttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/08/AR2007030800083.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03... "As long as the problem of landownership is not solved, conflicts on unfair land seizure cannot be avoided. Since land is in the hand of the government, a developer can bribe an official and make the official claim that the land is seized for public use," said Liu Xiaobo, a leading political dissident. "If the developer could get the approval from the official, he is legally entitled to seize the land."
- ebaysucks 16y agoI agree China is far from perfect - central government, even with the best intentions, will always be inhuman and inefficient. However, sometimes less so than under mob rule.