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(a political game within a one party system is much more game-of-thrones-weiqi-5d-chess b/c you can't outright shout 'YOU SUCK!!!') (the US really only has 'work hard' preached by fat cat capitalists left)
the traditional US system and the modern day chinese system basically combine all tyrannical values into one super hierarchy of value pressure cooker that produces "leaders"
the one remaining strength of the US system is "virtue". it's much more trustworthy when it comes to quality of goods. internally its systems are also based much more on trust. e.g. using social security # for so many things, only recent adoption of 2FA, etc...
this is not b/c China's doesn't lack it, but because it has a a non-traditional "win at all costs" virtue that is likely a product of modern history.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_of_humiliation …
virtue is always rooted in tradition and a sense of family but that tradition was Weak. it made the people pay dearly. just like the american city boy girl who never returns to the family and instead becomes an options trader polygamist hippie tech (or tech-adjacent) worker.
for all the "One China" preaching the preaching is exactly that. preaching. it's necessary only because it isn't true. one does not produce low quality corner-cut fake-certified milk powder for your loving relatives.https://twitter.com/a_yawning_cat/status/1366096634690424834 …
hierarchies of value that take the cream of the cream of the cream... also take the minority of the minority of the minority and so have one major weakness. populism. the anti-1% movement. 1% of every skill inc. go, economics, warfare, and juggling? who cares. WE THE PEOPLE.
the issue w/ populism though... is that it's still a hierarchy of value because the people need to know WHERE to look and that focusing of attention and resulting coordinated action is not possible without a hierarchy of value.
the tyrannical hov will always be more effective and efficient as long as it is a true hov (vs a pseudo surface level hov) similarly in animal packs, alpha's fight much much less than betas (though the outcomes of their fights are higher stakes)
it's interesting that india isn't on the world stage despite a similar history as a great civ it seems like its national identity has splintered with the 1% being wannabe western and everyone else identifying w/ their local religion. being indian isn't a hov.
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