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> As outside civilizations compete against you, your conditions will become more and more constrained. This explains why I think China is currently "winning at

> As outside civilizations compete against you, your conditions will become more and more constrained. This explains why I think China is currently "winning at economy" and will do so even more in the future, simply because they can see long term since the removal of the two-term limit of their president[1], and other[2] tactics[3]. From a "god’s-eye-view", countries should not withdraw democracy & freedom from the hands of their citizens. But logically, I think this gives an incentive for all other countries to also take this unfair advantage (become capitalist dictatorships) in order to compete with China. But I'm not sure how logically this will play out in the next few decades. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/26/xi-jinping-china-presidential-limit-scrap-dictator-for-life https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/26/xi-jinping-chi... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road#Railway_(1990) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road#Railway_(1990) [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Hong_Kong_extradition_bill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Hong_Kong_extradition_bil...

kryptiskt 6y ago
China has instituted a single point of failure in a man who will cognitively decline over the coming decade(s). A man who is so vain and petty that he has instituted a personal cult. (And it should be noted that all advances China has made was made before Xi's coup).
kiba 6y ago
This explains why I think China is currently "winning at economy" and will do so even more in the future, simply because they can see long term since the removal of the two-term limit of their president[1], and other[2] tactics[3]. From a "god’s-eye-view", countries should not withdraw democracy & freedom from the hands of their citizens. But logically, I think this gives an incentive for all other countries to also take this unfair advantage (become capitalist dictatorships) in order to compete with China. But I'm not sure how logically this will play out in the next few decades. And yet I see articles positing strategic mistakes and unforced errors on the behalf of the Chinese. Mostly, I am of the opinion that outsiders don't know what's really going on in the country because the truth of China is distorted by propaganda and censorship regime they built up over generations and lack of independent abilities to verify anything. Maybe even the government don't know what's going on either.
- labster 6y ago
  https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/03/21/nobody-knows-anything-about-china/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/03/21/nobody-knows-anything-a... At least everyone is equally in the dark.

kryptiskt 6y ago

China has instituted a single point of failure in a man who will cognitively decline over the coming decade(s). A man who is so vain and petty that he has instituted a personal cult. (And it should be noted that all advances China has made was made before Xi's coup).

kiba 6y ago

This explains why I think China is currently "winning at economy" and will do so even more in the future, simply because they can see long term since the removal of the two-term limit of their president[1], and other[2] tactics[3]. From a "god’s-eye-view", countries should not withdraw democracy & freedom from the hands of their citizens. But logically, I think this gives an incentive for all other countries to also take this unfair advantage (become capitalist dictatorships) in order to compete with China. But I'm not sure how logically this will play out in the next few decades. And yet I see articles positing strategic mistakes and unforced errors on the behalf of the Chinese. Mostly, I am of the opinion that outsiders don't know what's really going on in the country because the truth of China is distorted by propaganda and censorship regime they built up over generations and lack of independent abilities to verify anything. Maybe even the government don't know what's going on either.

labster 6y ago
https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/03/21/nobody-knows-anything-about-china/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/03/21/nobody-knows-anything-a... At least everyone is equally in the dark.