☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to China@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 2 days agoChina is an engineers' country, but US and Germany are now lawyers' countries: former German chancellorwww.globaltimes.cnexternal-linkmessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down10cross-posted to: sino@hexbear.net
arrow-up143arrow-down1external-linkChina is an engineers' country, but US and Germany are now lawyers' countries: former German chancellorwww.globaltimes.cn☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to China@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square12linkfedilinkcross-posted to: sino@hexbear.net
minus-squareLa Dame d'Azur@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoWell Taiwan isn’t a Confucian bureaucracy; it’s a liberal democracy just like the West.
minus-squareComprehensive49@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 day agoThe Kuomintang has the same historical experience as the CPC. So then the question becomes, why did they pick fullthroat liberal democracy instead of preserving some meritocratic elements? The key difference is once again capitalism.
minus-squareLa Dame d'Azur@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoWell yes, obviously. I wasn’t disputing that.
minus-squarebobs_guns@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoTo be fair, the CPC isn’t exactly a Confucian bureaucracy either. It’s substantially more advanced than that
Well Taiwan isn’t a Confucian bureaucracy; it’s a liberal democracy just like the West.
The Kuomintang has the same historical experience as the CPC. So then the question becomes, why did they pick fullthroat liberal democracy instead of preserving some meritocratic elements? The key difference is once again capitalism.
Well yes, obviously. I wasn’t disputing that.
To be fair, the CPC isn’t exactly a Confucian bureaucracy either. It’s substantially more advanced than that