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A government system is only good as the governance. In China's case, it is only as good as the CCP dictator. What if the next leader of CCP is corrupt or even w
by nine_zeros 6y ago
A government system is only good as the governance. In China's case, it is only as good as the CCP dictator. What if the next leader of CCP is corrupt or even worse, incompetent af?
On the other hand, in a democracy that accepts and markets social score is pretty bad as well. This black mirror episode captures the social score society really well https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5497778/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5497778/
One might say, oh this is just scoring minor misdemeanor-type activity. Misdemeanors are also only as good as the law classifying crime. Here are some weird US misdemeanors https://www.teenvogue.com/story/7-federal-misdemeanors-worse-than-illegally-crossing-border https://www.teenvogue.com/story/7-federal-misdemeanors-worse...
I'm no fan of US politics. But I am strongly for the principle that the government serves the people and not the other way around. And in that, I don't want the government )or some bureaucrats) deciding the future of a human.
- abc-xyz 6y ago> In China's case, it is only as good as the CCP dictator. What if the next leader of CCP is corrupt or even worse, incompetent af? You make it sound like their current leader, who’s no better than Hitler, isn’t corrupt and incompetent af. His incompetence just caused a pandemic that has killed millions of people.
- avaldeso 6y agoCovid 19 death toll as September 28 is 1 million [1]. Not millions. Please, don't spread misinformation. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus
- abc-xyz 6y agoYou’d have to be a fool to believe the numbers coming out of China, there’s also been a great increase in suicides and job losses (especially in countries like Thailand and the Philippines). But you’re right, we have a million deaths that can directly be linked to the Wuhan Virus.