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Trump vs China (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

At least it is much more of a meritocracy.

This isn't at all true. It has the same corruption as everywhere else. Those in power do everything they can to keep it. Why do you think Pooh Bear got himself made president for life? That wasn't on merit, he just had enough political power to make it that way.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

He got up to the point that he can do that through merit. He didn’t suddenly get elected as premier. The point I’m trying to make went right past you. “I point to the stars, you look at my fingertips”.

This isn’t about Xi himself or Trump himself. Xi could be worse than Netanyahu, Trump could be better than Sinwar. It is about how those in power get there, how the system selects its leaders. I tried giving an analogy in my other comment.