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CCP leaders are largely technocrats unlike in the US. There are many engineers and doctors in the upper ranks.
by satvikpendem 7mo ago
CCP leaders are largely technocrats unlike in the US. There are many engineers and doctors in the upper ranks.
- robocat 7mo agoMany of us have personal experience watching good engineers become bad managers. Politics is harder than it looks. In theory an engineering background should help make better politicians. In practice it isn't the slamdunk you imply.
- jqpabc123 7mo agoIn practice it isn't the slamdunk you imply. In practice, China is very different from the USA. For example, China doesn't have open presidential elections.
- satvikpendem 7mo agoMy statement was descriptive not prescriptive. I make no claims about, in a vacuum or for all situations, whether a technocrat is better than one who is not, just that many of their government is made up of them and they seem to be doing well.
- resonancel 7mo agoWell, Xi Jinping and his lackeys are known for their poor educational background, maybe not quite well known in the West. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSYQpaAI90A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSYQpaAI90A