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Stability. You said it yourself: > we’ll have another leader in a couple years Depending on how you look at it, it could be seen as a disadvantage. China's po
by rany_ 1y ago
Stability. You said it yourself:
> we’ll have another leader in a couple years
Depending on how you look at it, it could be seen as a disadvantage. China's policies are generally long-term and stable.
- 42772827 1y ago“I have this terrible illness, but at least it’s chronic.”
- rany_ 1y agoI'm obviously not a fan of dictatorships, I'm just trying to rationalize why someone might prefer China to the US. I think the problem is that the US presidency is too powerful, it might be better to turn the presidency into a ceremonial position. It shouldn't be possible for the president to do all this damage.
- 42772827 1y agoIt’s pretty much going in the US exactly how George Washington predicted. “[Political factions] are likely, in the course of time and things, to become potent engines by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government and destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.”
- _mlbt 1y agoBlame Congress. Over time they have consistently ceded power to the executive branch, either directly to the president or to federal agencies.
- daedrdev 1y agoOne day, the CCP will be eithe corrupt or bad (perhaps not under Xi) and will instead ruthlessly cling to power.