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> no good government like China // good government means competent government As someone that lived in China for 5 years, competent is the last adjective I’d u
by briandear 1y ago
> no good government like China // good government means competent government
As someone that lived in China for 5 years, competent is the last adjective I’d use.
Sichuan Earthquake —> https://circa.art/ai-weiwei-recapturing-the-tragedy/ https://circa.art/ai-weiwei-recapturing-the-tragedy/
The Shanghai Lockdown —>
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-59890533.amp https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-59890533.amp
Local Chinese government corruption —>
https://thediplomat.com/2025/03/how-local-corruption-evolved-in-china-under-xi-jinping/ https://thediplomat.com/2025/03/how-local-corruption-evolved...
Tai Lake pollution —>
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/taihu-green-wash-or-green-clean https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/taihu-green-wash-or...
Land seizures —>
https://rightsandresources.org/blog/the-guardian-chinese-villagers-clash-with-police-in-land-grab-protests/ https://rightsandresources.org/blog/the-guardian-chinese-vil...
Xinjiang —>
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/china-xinjiang-uyghurs-muslims-repression-genocide-human-rights https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/china-xinjiang-uyghurs-musl...
One could call China’s government competent the same way one could say Stalin was a competent administrator. Nazis were also very “competent” and efficient. In no universe should that be considered “good government.”
- musicale 1y agoFor a moment I thought you might be the Brian Dear who wrote The Friendly Orange Glow (a fascinating history of the PLATO system).
- sashank_1509 1y agoIt really is between 2 choices: 1. An authoritarian government that can actually do things but also mess up and be harsh against anyone opposing it - China 2. A democratic government that can’t get anything done, citizens can’t rely on police for any crimes, courts for any justice, politicians for any development, where the politics of the nation just constantly seeks to divide on basis of caste, religion, language etc, and the nation as a whole wallows in mediocrity.
- scheeseman486 1y agoThis is such a deeply simplistic and childish way of looking at the world.
- sashank_1509 1y agoEasy for you to say, I presume you don’t live in India
- int_19h 1y agoWhat is special about India that condemns it specifically to these two choices? There are other countries (which aren't China) which somehow manage to have democratic governments that aren't incompetent.