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An authoritarian, quasi-totalitarian nation can be many things, including an economic and military superpower. But it can never a significant cultural power. And that's arguably the form of power that matters most in shaping the world. Tell the stories, write the future.
In order to do good work, makers of movies, music, etc need the freedom to fearlessly create political content. Because all meaningful cultural content is political in some way. Difficult in a repressive environment. Cultural innovation & tech innovation work rather differently
Money talks! Authoritarian regimes, e.g. the Soviet Union, amassed huge cultural power - in the 30's with art, writing, propagating Marxist ideas of how to manage and organize societies hence why many people and states around the world followed their lead.
And then all of those people got purged.
Counter-example: China
How is it a significant cultural power though? The parts that are universally valued are from waaaaaay before.
“When absolutes enter in the discourse, logic fails”. -Me
The only thing maybe is to be the role model for others in how to fail. Sometimes its good to know where things most likely end...
that’s in a positive outcome. China shows no interest in persuading anyone apart from its own citizens. Yet it seems to have every intention of being the dominant global power of this century.
too polite. It’s a Stalinist regime. It will do to Asia what Stalin did to Eastern Europe.
Not sure if this is what began this discussion, but in case you haven't seen yet: https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-has-a-soft-power-problem-11567696212 …
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