I agree the glee some have around China supposedly failing is misguided at best and just spurred on by propaganda.
That said the last decades of explosive economic growth in China is because they adopted more Western economic policy, albeit with more far reaching government control. Calling the economic system of China “communist” is misleading, sure it’s the communist party that rules and set the system up. But it shares much more with a modern capitalistic system than the economic systems we’ve seen in other communist states.
As for political system it feels very ominous to read a text that very clearly hints that democracy is not any better than authoritarian systems. I also strongly feel that is a bit of a reverse from how it normally goes.
Democracy is the ideal state, the good in theory but with flaws in practise. Just as marxist / socialist systems are wonderful in theory but in practice has had problems.
I reject the notion that anything existing today is optimal. And I very much believe that the optimal path is somewhere in-between China and US policy for a lot of things. And to the left of China for some.
Finally, excusing human rights abuses by proclaiming “they do it too!” is just distasteful.
The things the world resents in China seem to be the things failing in “the west”. China acts like the economic failings, oligarchy, suppressed rights and authoritarianism which are growing elsewhere are some glorious examples to build their system on purpose.
I agree the glee some have around China supposedly failing is misguided at best and just spurred on by propaganda.
That said the last decades of explosive economic growth in China is because they adopted more Western economic policy, albeit with more far reaching government control. Calling the economic system of China “communist” is misleading, sure it’s the communist party that rules and set the system up. But it shares much more with a modern capitalistic system than the economic systems we’ve seen in other communist states.
As for political system it feels very ominous to read a text that very clearly hints that democracy is not any better than authoritarian systems. I also strongly feel that is a bit of a reverse from how it normally goes.
Democracy is the ideal state, the good in theory but with flaws in practise. Just as marxist / socialist systems are wonderful in theory but in practice has had problems.
I reject the notion that anything existing today is optimal. And I very much believe that the optimal path is somewhere in-between China and US policy for a lot of things. And to the left of China for some.
Finally, excusing human rights abuses by proclaiming “they do it too!” is just distasteful.
Very well thought
The things the world resents in China seem to be the things failing in “the west”. China acts like the economic failings, oligarchy, suppressed rights and authoritarianism which are growing elsewhere are some glorious examples to build their system on purpose.