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Originally Posted by threezero
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 society policy the day the people decide that Tiananmen can be forgotten because economic matter more. The people carry as much blame as the government when they go along with the flow and decide that economic needed to come first.
Before you say well the people were oppress they can’t fight back etc etc. China history literally consist of the people overthrowing each and every dynasty because they were unplease for whatever reason.
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...
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This. Traum have you not been following Trump's administration? There are many checks and balances we thought a president would have to follow, he's thrown them right out the window. We've seen these institutions in government are not what we perceived them to be, and don't have the teeth in which were expected.
-Require congress to authorize appointees? Naw.
-Having to testify when requested by a Grand Jury? Naw.
-Adhere to the Emoluments clause like all prior presidents? Naw.
-Concede an election when lost? Naw.
-The list goes on
Come on man, he's whittled away so many of the checks and balances in these 4 years, he's precedents that will be very difficult to ever correct in the future.