"In China’s authoritarian system, admissions of error are signs of weakness—which is intolerable for those at the top." -- This sounds like our current administration. Nothing they do ever fails and when it does it is always someone else's fault.
"In China’s authoritarian system, admissions of error are signs of weakness—which is intolerable for those at the top." -- This sounds like our current administration. Nothing they do ever fails and when it does it is always someone else's fault.
The difference, of course, is that in the US the blame game gets played out on MSNBC, CNN, and Fox. In China it gets played out in front of a firing squad.
"In China’s authoritarian system, admissions of error are signs of weakness—which is intolerable for those at the top." -- This sounds like our current administration. Nothing they do ever fails and when it does it is always someone else's fault.
The comparison does have its merits.
The difference, of course, is that in the US the blame game gets played out on MSNBC, CNN, and Fox. In China it gets played out in front of a firing squad.
Very true. At least we still have hope of righting the ship here.