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Authoritarianism doesn’t always lead to ruin. It does have negative effects (stifling innovation, increasing likelihood of disastrous civil wars and revolutions
by pm90 4y ago
Authoritarianism doesn’t always lead to ruin. It does have negative effects (stifling innovation, increasing likelihood of disastrous civil wars and revolutions etc.) but its not a given.
With China, we’ve seen it go both ways: Disaster under Mao and revitalization under Deng Xiaoping. What will leadership under Xi look like? Remains to be seen.
- mr90210 4y agoHave you lived in an authoritarian country?
- FredPret 4y agoDeng did well because he unclenched a little
- pm90 4y agoYes he did. I don't know very much about him yet, but his life seems to be a fascinating one of gently guiding a failing state (that failed on epic proportions) back into normalcy and then into rapid growth.