>But the USA is trending gradually downwards and China is trending quickly upwards. In population, wealth, etc. sure. But in terms of corruption? Having people

>But the USA is trending gradually downwards and China is trending quickly upwards. In population, wealth, etc. sure. But in terms of corruption? Having people who do no harm in power is often better than having people who do great good. If a great leader is just that - great. Not good, but great. Greatness has the capacity for evil and good. The advantage of a less skilled leadership is that they're only really able to do middling things, whether middlingly evil or middlingly good.