<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"><div class="gmail-q-flex gmail-qu-mb--tiny" style="margin-bottom:4px;color:rgb(40,40,41);font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:15px;box-sizing:border-box;display:flex"><div class="gmail-q-text gmail-qu-dynamicFontSize--regular_title gmail-qu-bold gmail-qu-color--gray_dark_dim gmail-qu-passColorToLinks gmail-qu-lineHeight--regular" style="line-height:1.35;font-weight:bold;box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word"><span class="gmail-CssComponent__CssInlineComponent-sc-1oskqb9-1 gmail-UserSelectableText___StyledCssInlineComponent-lsmoq4-0 gmail-kghFzc"><span class="gmail-CssComponent__CssInlineComponent-sc-1oskqb9-1 gmail-TitleText___StyledCssInlineComponent-sc-1hpb63h-0 gmail-jPnwvF"><a class="gmail-q-box gmail-qu-display--block gmail-qu-cursor--pointer gmail-qu-hover--textDecoration--underline gmail-Link___StyledBox-t2xg9c-0 gmail-KlcoI" href="https://www.quora.com/China-does-not-behave-like-a-typical-dictatorship-and-seems-to-be-a-lot-more-calculating-and-smarter-than-existing-democracies-What-could-be-the-reason-behind-this" target="_blank" style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;display:block;box-sizing:border-box;border-radius:inherit;color:inherit"><div class="gmail-q-click-wrapper gmail-qu-display--block gmail-qu-tapHighlight--white gmail-qu-cursor--pointer gmail-qu-hover--textDecoration--underline gmail-ClickWrapper___StyledClickWrapperBox-zoqi4f-0 gmail-bIwtPb" tabindex="0" style="outline:none;box-sizing:border-box;font:inherit;padding:0px;color:inherit;text-align:inherit"><div class="gmail-q-flex gmail-qu-flexDirection--row" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:flex"><div class="gmail-q-inline gmail-qu-flexWrap--wrap" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline;max-width:100%"><div class="gmail-q-text gmail-qu-truncateLines--5 gmail-puppeteer_test_question_title" style="overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;display:-webkit-box;box-sizing:border-box"><span class="gmail-q-box gmail-qu-userSelect--text" style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="background:none">Yeah, it's a very rosy answer in some regards but a few really good points are made.   bill w</span></span></div><div class="gmail-q-text gmail-qu-truncateLines--5 gmail-puppeteer_test_question_title" style="overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;display:-webkit-box;box-sizing:border-box"><span class="gmail-q-box gmail-qu-userSelect--text" style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="background:none"><br></span></span></div><div class="gmail-q-text gmail-qu-truncateLines--5 gmail-puppeteer_test_question_title" style="overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;display:-webkit-box;box-sizing:border-box"><span class="gmail-q-box gmail-qu-userSelect--text" style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="background:none">China does not behave like a typical dictatorship and seems to be a lot more calculating and smarter than existing democracies. What could be the reason behind this?</span></span></div></div></div></div></a></span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-q-relative gmail-spacing_log_answer_content gmail-puppeteer_test_answer_content" style="color:rgb(40,40,41);font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:15px;box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-q-text" style="box-sizing:border-box;max-width:100%"><span class="gmail-CssComponent__CssInlineComponent-sc-1oskqb9-1 gmail-UserSelectableText___StyledCssInlineComponent-lsmoq4-0 gmail-kghFzc"><span class="gmail-q-box gmail-qu-userSelect--text" style="box-sizing:border-box"><p class="gmail-q-text gmail-qu-display--block" style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;direction:ltr"><span style="background:none">China has a unique political system never before seen in human history. It’s an amalgam of authoritarian rule and democracy firmly based on </span><span style="font-style:italic;background:none">meritocracy</span><span style="background:none">.</span></p><p class="gmail-q-text gmail-qu-display--block" style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;direction:ltr"><span style="background:none">The system serves the people, not the other way around. The system serves at the pleasure of the people. If it doesn’t deliver the goods, the system will be overthrown. This is Chinese democracy.</span></p><p class="gmail-q-text gmail-qu-display--block" style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;direction:ltr"><span style="background:none">This collectivist philosophy states that “if you do right by me, I let you rule.”</span></p><p class="gmail-q-text gmail-qu-display--block" style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;direction:ltr"><span style="background:none">Combined with a millennia-old meritocratic system, the Chinese enjoy a responsive, stable, and efficient government.</span></p><p class="gmail-q-text gmail-qu-display--block" style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;direction:ltr"><span style="background:none">Because it’s meritocratic, you don’t get imbeciles for national leaders like Donald Trump, Justin Trudeau, Boris Johnson, Scott Morrison, Jair Bolsonaro, etc.</span></p><p class="gmail-q-text gmail-qu-display--block" style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;direction:ltr"><span style="background:none">Because it’s meritocratic and authoritarian, you get intelligent, long-term policies </span><span style="font-style:italic;background:none">with no compromises</span><span style="background:none">.</span></p><p class="gmail-q-text gmail-qu-display--block" style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;direction:ltr"><span style="background:none">Because it’s authoritarian, you get efficient execution of government policies without interruption from partisan bickering and regular elections.</span></p><p class="gmail-q-text gmail-qu-display--block" style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;direction:ltr"><span style="background:none">This system has worked exceedingly well for over 30 years. That’s why China became the world’s largest economy in just 30 years, starting as a totally impoverished nation!</span></p><p class="gmail-q-text gmail-qu-display--block" style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;direction:ltr"><span style="background:none">That’s why China has the finest infrastructure of roads, bridges, high-speed rail, airports, etc., the envy of the world!</span></p><p class="gmail-q-text gmail-qu-display--block" style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;direction:ltr"><span style="background:none">That’s why China practically eradicated extreme poverty. It was 90% in 1980, and it’s nearly 0% today. A billion people were lifted out of poverty!</span></p><p class="gmail-q-text gmail-qu-display--block" style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;direction:ltr"><span style="background:none">That’s why China enjoys over 90% satisfaction and support from the people! (Western countries typically have less than 50% support.)</span></p><p class="gmail-q-text gmail-qu-display--block" style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;direction:ltr"><span style="background:none">That’s why China accomplished all of this without warfare (because the people don’t want war)! Contrast this with the United States, and Great Britain before them, and France before them, and Spain before them, and Rome before them.</span></p><p class="gmail-q-text gmail-qu-display--block" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;direction:ltr"><span style="background:none">I can’t think of another country in history that has achieved near world dominance, near total citizen support, and near global peacefulness.</span></p></span></span></div></div></div></div>