A democratic China would have been like India at best: Xinhua

[Genesis]

Nothing is written in stone. If a good leader comes around and he has complete control things can happen quickly. Now if you are saying the NPC is just a bunch of yes-men then that is basically the same. But if they aren't...then the North Korean way could be better. North Korea has failed because their leaders haven't led their economy the correct way.

I'm just saying like you that everything is relative and the luck of the draw. There is no guarantee a democracy would have slowed you down and there is no guarantee a dictatorship would have slowed you down either.

NPC are not yes men, the gathering each year is a show, but the deals behind the scenes and the battles, are not. Steven Harper may be the leader of the conservatives, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have to battle those in his party, at the end of the day, his party vote one way.

Is the conservatives Harper's Yes men because they all vote one way? I'm talking Canada.

Everything needs a balance, China had absolute power and it was terrible, but now there is a balance. The people and the party. If you want evidence, Xi is putting the party's future in jeopardy with the crackdown on corruption. He's taking the chance of survival rather than certain doom,.

This would not happen if the party had absolute power.


If you have ever met a saint, you should introduce me, cause I have never met one.


Democracy right now is putting too much power in the hands of the people, when there isn't enough to share. Xi don't want people to be poor, but he only has what he have. He must use what resources he does have to create more, so he can spread it more.

Democracies like America can survive because it has the resource, but in case of Indonesia, India, and the like there isn't enough resources, spreading it will not create more, and in essence they are getting 4 of 5 dollars, but China choose to use 4 of 5 dollars to create more money and today we can give 10 of a total of 20 dollars to the people.

Can a democracy take money that smoothly and without putting it back immediately? Maybe, but so far all these country's schemes suggest otherwise.

On a side note, China also has better social benefits than most developing democracies if not all.

 

[Sneaker]

The only reason china is well off is USA. If china-USSR border skirmishes had not happened, china would be worse off than India, if at all communism survived long enough.. Any way, it will be insult to communism to call china communist... it in fact is capitalist autocratic..

 

[El Weirdo]

people invest in metal, ornaments and land.. any ways , how many chinese invest in ornament , metals, house and land..
it is not under your understanding ...



MNREGA gives them food. , don't worry.

There are also peolpe in west, who get paid by government when their financial condition is weak.. half of the people don't buy phones, cars, or house... they simply take loans or pay in instalment. That's how west runs its economy..

In India, loan is a bad thing..



if you buy from a rural area and it is very less..

You quoted, MNREGA gives them food, but do all the poorer people get it?
U also talked about the west of India that the govt help them, great, but what about North East and South my friend?

 

[Utkarsh]

Its the difference between a Revolution and an Evolution.

Revolution is fast, violent, and damages society.

Evolution is slow, smooth, permanent and improves society.

 

[Screambowl]

You quoted, MNREGA gives them food, but do all the poorer people get it?
U also talked about the west of India that the govt help them, great, but what about North East and South my friend?

any Yojna, made for Indians are for all Indians qualifying per the condition to take its benefits. MNREGA gives you food for 6 months, rice sugar, oil, salt, wheat (ration), and most of the people hence do not go for work.

 

[Nicky G]

Short-sighted.

In the long run, things balance out. Good and bad decisions are made by all governments. All systems have pros and cons. At the end of the day its all about how well can a country utilize the resources in in the given context.

It serves little purpose to postulate what a democratic China would be like, just as its pointless to postulate about an autocratic India. There are few objective facts that would lend any real credibility to such speculations. Too many unknown variables to be of any real purpose.

Countries goes through phases. China went through tremendous growth, lets see how and if they are able to sustain that. India had a poor last decade though things look to be brighter.

In a few decades we'll see where things stand and whether the Chinese system even lasts.