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For what is worth many dicators had "golden" years. The issue is that at some point you get a bad dictator(or the current one turns bad) and you have to live wi

For what is worth many dicators had "golden" years. The issue is that at some point you get a bad dictator(or the current one turns bad) and you have to live with him your entire life. Not to mention that even within the golden period you still have freedoms taken away but that's a different story/trade off.

H8crilA 6y ago
China's political system is nothing that a good old style capitalistic bust can't take out in a decade or so. The USSR never recovered from the inflationary late 70s. Japan's state-induced credit boom economy never recovered from the early 90s deflationary bust. Dictatorships/state controlled economies are still economies. As Hyman Minsky would agree - there's only one way to handle volatility, take it in your face. You can't suppress it.
belval 6y ago
FWIW I really hope that you are right, a somewhat democratic and more collaborative China would be such a great partner to have, developing advanced tech and stimulating the fight against climate change. It's only a dream, but it could be so beautiful.
- justicezyx 6y ago
  That’s Chinese people’s dream in 80s then a lot of things happened...
rendang 6y ago
China isn't ultimately ruled by a dictator but by a party. You seem to think that the party would allow an incompetent person to assume the top position and stay there, which I don't see evidence for.
- addicted 6y ago
  That was true until Xi Jinping removed term limits and ran his corruption campaign that imprisoned and beheaded his competition.
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- thefounder 6y ago
  It looks like you don't understand how one party systems work. Just look at Trump and GOP and consider this is a democracy. Once he got the power the whole party(with few exceptions/undesirables that would be eliminated if it were a one party system) got behind him regardless if they liked him or his policies. There was bone to chew and they didn't want to loose it. If things go south there are plenty to blame(i.e China, Russia, EU, rebels, etc). It is never the leader to blame. As the party leader controlls the police and the millitary there are really very few that would dare to consider a coup/leader change. Even North Korea's Kim is "officially" supported by his party members but we already know what happens when they question him.

H8crilA 6y ago

China's political system is nothing that a good old style capitalistic bust can't take out in a decade or so. The USSR never recovered from the inflationary late 70s. Japan's state-induced credit boom economy never recovered from the early 90s deflationary bust. Dictatorships/state controlled economies are still economies. As Hyman Minsky would agree - there's only one way to handle volatility, take it in your face. You can't suppress it.

belval 6y ago

FWIW I really hope that you are right, a somewhat democratic and more collaborative China would be such a great partner to have, developing advanced tech and stimulating the fight against climate change. It's only a dream, but it could be so beautiful.

justicezyx 6y ago
That’s Chinese people’s dream in 80s then a lot of things happened...

rendang 6y ago

China isn't ultimately ruled by a dictator but by a party. You seem to think that the party would allow an incompetent person to assume the top position and stay there, which I don't see evidence for.

addicted 6y ago
That was true until Xi Jinping removed term limits and ran his corruption campaign that imprisoned and beheaded his competition.
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thefounder 6y ago
It looks like you don't understand how one party systems work. Just look at Trump and GOP and consider this is a democracy. Once he got the power the whole party(with few exceptions/undesirables that would be eliminated if it were a one party system) got behind him regardless if they liked him or his policies. There was bone to chew and they didn't want to loose it. If things go south there are plenty to blame(i.e China, Russia, EU, rebels, etc). It is never the leader to blame. As the party leader controlls the police and the millitary there are really very few that would dare to consider a coup/leader change. Even North Korea's Kim is "officially" supported by his party members but we already know what happens when they question him.