| > average life and standard of living in China and purchasing power is far worse than in America yes No. Certainly not 'far worse'. Purchasing power is actually greater now according to many stats. So is things like access to healthcare.
There's certainly a great disparity between major cities and villages but that's true in the US too. The US still has things going for it, it's certainly easier to start a business there for example, but even these are slowly evaporating. I can't help but notice that you keep ignoring my central point. It doesn't matter what I personally believe. As I said before, I'd like option c.) which is a direct democracy with competent leaders. I am based in Europe and there's little about Canada worth emulating. Is it better than the US? Yes. Better than Europe? Nah. Nordics?
Absolutely. I'd take the economic system of Norway and the direct democracy of Switzerland, thank you very much. However these are small countries that unfortunately don't have their own sovereign foreign policy for example and thus little worldwide influence overall compared to how much influence the US or China has. My point is, if you want to be a good counter to authoritarianism then you better be nearly as great a democracy as possible, (which the US is not). Instead the US is sliding more towards authoritarianism, more and more towards bullying and brute force, while offering nothing in return. No great infrastructure investment (as China is doing), no 'cradle to grave' social systems as some other non democratic systems are offering. Therefore it should be no surprise that worldwide opinion of China is rising and the US is sliding. To put it differently; China has experienced many slides, conflicts, colonialism etc. in the time the US of A was already free. Therefore China shouldn't have been able to catch up. If the US invested more in its people, kept manufacturing instead of basing everything on financial speculation, then the standard of living should have been much greater than any other country in the world. Instead China is quickly catching up and in some cases surprising the US. With the head start the US had, that should never have been possible. Instead of getting offended at me pointing facts, maybe you should work on reversing the trend. Just a suggestion. |