If this is correct, it's still worth understanding! “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yo

If this is correct, it's still worth understanding! “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.” However, on the whole, I am glad to have more than one political system in the world, more than one political philosophy, and I don't want 100% of the world to be capitalist democracies. Monocultures are brittle, and with diverse systems, we can all learn from each other. Even very bad systems (Stalin, Hitler, or name your other horrible dictator) often have good ideas somewhere -- perhaps in some economic policy, in some organizational structure, or otherwise -- and even if not, are worth studying to avoid the same mistakes. My general feelings about China are generally: 1) I'm glad to visit 2) I would not want to live there 3) It seems to be improving, on the whole (despite backsliding in some areas) 4) I'm glad they're there and experimenting with a different system I have limits, and there are many systems I wouldn't say this for, but my line is pretty far out for how much diversity I'll tolerate.