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Loyalty bought by incidental prosperity and fear, over a long period of time. Not sure why you'd believe the Chinese state ever had a chance to avoid a persona
by athrowaway3z 5y ago
Loyalty bought by incidental prosperity and fear, over a long period of time.
Not sure why you'd believe the Chinese state ever had a chance to avoid a personality-cult dictatorship. They might have adapted to block another Mao, but dictators arise in every system as do the suckers who believe in their self proclaimed righteousness.
The best way to deal with them seems comedic humiliation as they challenge others to serve for a bounded period of time.
- thematrixturtle 5y agoChina's leadership structures were revamped considerably (term limits, defined processes for succession etc) after Mao, precisely to prevent something like that happening again. And they worked well for a while, but unfortunately Xi managed to amass enough power to circumvent them and set himself up as dictator for life.