> It's kind of impressive to watch Xi continually double-down on disastrous policy. "Well, did it work for those people?" "No, it never does. I mean, these pe

> It's kind of impressive to watch Xi continually double-down on disastrous policy. "Well, did it work for those people?" "No, it never does. I mean, these people somehow delude themselves into thinking it might... but it might work for us." Autocrats' egos are bigger than history lessons, I suppose.