The Party
China as we know care very little about individual rights and freedom. In a communist regime, people are a resource to be used for the progress of the state.
But we know very little of how the communist party of China functions. We have all heard the rumours of the corruption and we know for sure about the authoritarian practices. But we hardly know how it actually functions.
How has it been able to bring more than 650 million people out of poverty in just 30 years? How does it churn out such efficient administrators one after that other that help it run such a large country so efficiently?
The current containment of casualties due to COVID19 in China is also a testimony to the party’s well oiled machinery.
Checkout this Ted Talk from 2013, where Chinese political scientists Eric Li explains the inner workings of the party. He also makes an interesting point that there need not be just a single way to rule a modern nation.
Towards the end he also explains that the success of China does not mean that it is an alternative to democracy, instead its just a demonstration of the fact that there are alternatives.
What political system a country works with should be customised according to its own culture and sensibilities and the relevance of the times. There is no one system that we must all aspire to achieve, instead we should aspire to invent our own systems that help us function to our full potential.
Checkout the Talk, its very interesting, informative and provocative —
Eric X. Li: A tale of two political systems
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