3 ms·
No, not how dictatorships work. They usually work by keeping the supporting 2nd layer below the dictor happy and under control, which has nothing to do with cou
by RandomLensman 3y ago
No, not how dictatorships work. They usually work by keeping the supporting 2nd layer below the dictor happy and under control, which has nothing to do with country as such.
Coincidentally, things could align, but they often don't.
- natmaka 3y agoIsn't Chinese history the elephant in the room here? IMHO most Chinese citizens remember that whenever they fight each other (civil war...) disasters happen, and therefore the most important mission of the government is to squash any growing quarrel. Everything else is ancillary.
- RandomLensman 3y agoNo, why would it? A mix of local ineptitude and revisionist history isn't really saying anything about the counterfactual. Why is China not as rich as the West if it has had the better governance for a long time?
- secondcoming 3y ago> Why is China not as rich as the West I find this hard to believe
- RandomLensman 3y agoLook at GDP per capita, very simple. Middle-income country - they might even get stuck in that trap.
- natmaka 3y agoI don't think nor wrote that it "had the better governance", and merely proposed an explanation for what we know (acts of the governments, reaction of most citizens).
- RandomLensman 3y agoThen it isn't an "elephant in the room", i.e., dictatorship has not delivered in China.