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This argument might've worked in Mao's time. Now with a capitalist economy under the party the resource allocation while still skewed is much more efficient tha

This argument might've worked in Mao's time. Now with a capitalist economy under the party the resource allocation while still skewed is much more efficient than during Mao or USSR central planned economy. (And EU wide policies sometimes aren't that far off from USSR stupidity). Loss of feedback in authoritarian regimes is a problem, but in the short time it might not be if Xi doesn't make really stupid moves. It pains me to see it, but they show more long-term thinking that many of the Western governments who aren't interested what will happen after their time in the office. While the people have plenty use of force can be minimal.

varenc 2y ago
> It pains me to see it, but they show more long-term thinking that many of the Western governments… Absolutely agree, and it pains me as well. Besides long-term thinking, they can also just impose sweeping new rules to address certain problems in a way the West never could. For example, with teen gaming addiction, they didn’t hesitate to just ban kids under 18 from gaming more than a few hours a week, crashing the value of certain gaming companies. In the West, we’d spend years debating, lobbying, and litigating over individual freedoms vs. public good, and likely end up with nothing meaningful. It comes with huge drawbacks, but their system allows them to take drastic action quickly, while we’re often paralyzed by process.