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I think it is still too soon to blow the horn on China's model. Yes, China has become successful through authoritarianism, but it has only had 2 successful auth
by Invictus0 8y ago
I think it is still too soon to blow the horn on China's model. Yes, China has become successful through authoritarianism, but it has only had 2 successful authoritarian leaders, both of whom were competent and benevolent. History shows that, on longer time scales, it is difficult to continuously install competent and benevolent leaders, and when a leader comes along that is not competent or benevolent, authoritarianism makes it difficult to remove them. This is why the American system is superior: if you have a bad leader, they can only do 4 years of damage and can be removed if they are truly awful. China has no such safety, which makes its system fragile in the long term.
- ardy42 8y ago> but it has only had 2 successful authoritarian leaders, both of whom were competent and benevolent. Which ones were benevolent?
- Invictus0 8y agoDon't be ridiculous. They have put their country first. You don't have to conform to the Western ideals of democracy and freedom to be benevolent. And compared to the historical record of monarchs putting their country first, China has done very well so far.
- ardy42 8y ago>>> but it has only had 2 successful authoritarian leaders, both of whom were competent and benevolent. >> Which ones were benevolent? > Don't be ridiculous. What's so ridiculous about asking you to name the two Chinese leaders who you view as benevolent?
- denzil_holles 8y ago> What's so ridiculous about asking you to name the two Chinese leaders who you view as benevolent? In terms of benevolent, probably Deng Xiaoping and Xi Jinping [at least, Xi hasn't made any major mistakes yet].
- crb912 8y agoXiaoping Deng. He is a great man. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deng_Xiaoping https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deng_Xiaoping