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The US government model and the mindset of people seems to make it very hard to do massive mobilization in a short period of time, compared to countries like Ch

The US government model and the mindset of people seems to make it very hard to do massive mobilization in a short period of time, compared to countries like China. From which mobilization is very useful in situations like pandemics, or more straightforward, wars. Of course, there are many advantages from this model. The comparison between these models of governments reminds me of 'the Prince' from Machiavelli. In that book, he compared France with the Ottoman Empire. French king has relatively weak power since the nobles own their fiefs. While the Ottoman Empire there are only province officers, and the sultan can easily move or fire those officers. The comparison seems to echo what the US and China's modern political systems and possibly the pros and cons remain the same. PS: There's a documentary from the BBC named 'the Chinese Mayor' that might help people have an initial understanding of the Chinese political system from a mayor's perspective. Chinese officers transfer from provinces to provinces in a very frequent manner, in order to avoid the local governments have too much power. This feature remains the same in China for two thousand years.

enaaem 7y ago
China has no free press and is not really transparant with their numbers, so we can't use them as an example. Here is what happens when someone tries to reveal to real situation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U1VYck6KOo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U1VYck6KOo The person filming is currently missing.
- namelosw 7y ago
  I admit it's not transparent. First, they were downplaying it. Second, there were many cases of interrogation, detaining like what you've posted. With that being said, I didn't mention any number, but the situation turned to be optimal for quite a while - it's too obvious to anyone who lives here. It's quite a thing to see once the government realized the downplaying was a fault, how fast and effective they could implement their quarantine policy into every corner in the society. It's both incredible and terrifying to see the executive orders implemented by every community, village, malls, and every individual. The original point I wanted to make is, there were a lof people believed the history was ended by American style democracy, it wasn't. There is still quite a room for optimization.

enaaem 7y ago

China has no free press and is not really transparant with their numbers, so we can't use them as an example. Here is what happens when someone tries to reveal to real situation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U1VYck6KOo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U1VYck6KOo The person filming is currently missing.

namelosw 7y ago
I admit it's not transparent. First, they were downplaying it. Second, there were many cases of interrogation, detaining like what you've posted. With that being said, I didn't mention any number, but the situation turned to be optimal for quite a while - it's too obvious to anyone who lives here. It's quite a thing to see once the government realized the downplaying was a fault, how fast and effective they could implement their quarantine policy into every corner in the society. It's both incredible and terrifying to see the executive orders implemented by every community, village, malls, and every individual. The original point I wanted to make is, there were a lof people believed the history was ended by American style democracy, it wasn't. There is still quite a room for optimization.