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Originally Posted by Traum
The major difference worth pointing out here is -- the whole US political and legal system is practically defined on checks and balances, and that really limits the harm that any single person or branch of government can do to the people. Fast forward to China, and you basically have an authoritarian government transforming into a dictatorship now that Xi is the mafia boss. There is no limit to the amount of bad stuff that can be done.
Carry on now.
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Yes you are right. The current system in US does have check and balance. And so far it is working out like it’s intended. But Trump has been trying his hardest to undo them and push the system til it cracks as best as it can.
China also started out with so call “check and balance”. Yes it’s not to the same scale the one in USA and their system was only intended To check personal ambition not a parties ambition. Before Xi, there was a ceremony hand off of power to the next person even if it’s the same party. Xi didn’t become mafia boss in one day. He slowly broke down the system in CCP and consolidated his power to what he is today. Everything begin with baby step, and pushing the limit of the system to see where it cracks.
China gave in to a fiscal first, morality last society policy the day the people decide that Tiananmen can be forgotten because economic matter more.
China got to where it is today literally because at one point the government made a show of force to let people know hey we can lead you to financial prosperity as long as you ignore this and this and this.
And the people went along, or rather needed to go along with it due to the abysmal economical condition China was in many decades ago. This Snowballing into something that is so ingrained in society that it is part of the national identity. When you get to the stage China is, there really is no going back.
Trumpism is just the infant stage of this. The constant masking of human suffering with da stock market gains
Yes it’s different but also it is the same...