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by _bxg1
2952 days ago
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If there's one thing we can all agree on about China's flavor of authoritarianism, it's that it's efficient. When they decide to fix something - be it their economy, or their environmental problems, or corruption, or anything else - they just get it done. Of course, the flip-side of maximal executive power is that it can be abused. In the past that's how authoritarian governments have basically always turned out. But China seems to be getting closer than any other to creating a version that's actually functional. It's scary, but also fascinating to watch from afar. |
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Every 8 or so years there is another crackdown on corruption, as part of political housekeeping. Each time they say the problem is fixed, but then it comes back.
China is the worst example of “getting things done” if that is your standard. The central government has been less powerful than you would think historically. Now, is it “different this time”? Maybe, but it definitely wasn’t before.