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Yeah, they get things done because they're a totalitarian, completely opaque regime. I'll take western governments with all their faults and inneficiencies, tha
by lagadu 7y ago
Yeah, they get things done because they're a totalitarian, completely opaque regime. I'll take western governments with all their faults and inneficiencies, thank you.
- rahuldottech 7y agoPlenty of western governments get lots done efficiently. Parent comment was about US practices.
- castlecrasher2 7y agoDid you even read the last sentence of the parent comment?
- rahuldottech 7y agoDid you read the first?
- castlecrasher2 7y agoI did. I mean, I /could/ focus on only one sentence of a post, argue from that point alone, and insist the conversation hinge on that point but that would be ignorant and rude.
- jschwartzi 7y agoAlso this is completely ignoring that in China the government would have picked Microsoft over Amazon, and there would be zero legal recourse because there is no rule of law there. And as Chinese subjects we would not be allowed to say anything critical of the government because it threatens the "national dignity." Even if it's obviously cronyism perpetrated by the leadership, like if Microsoft in this case were owned by one of the party officials or a relative. We would be expected to trust our government explicitly even in cases where we personally know that it's wrong. So sure, you can get a lot done in those cases, but it might not be the right things to do, and there's zero process for remediation except to hope that another party leader takes over and changes it for you. So when anyone says China is totalitarian this is what is meant and why the US is ideologically opposed to China and Chinese rule.