[papito]

I by no means suggest that the Chinese system is superior. It's a sort of system that can descend into runaway corruption pretty easily.

What I am saying is, given the decay of the western society, which is our fault entirely, our chances of staying ahead are slim.

The problem is, the Chinese have a team. They do not easily sell out. We, however, have an entire layer of high-level government that will readily go to the highest bidder. This is not sustainable. The only way to fix this is a crisis that unites us, but if a global pandemic did not do it, what will?

[andy_ppp]

Yes I completely agree, we will probably see this happen unfortunately. It makes me very worried about the future.