Watch this:
I find it supremely ironic that CNN would run this piece, with this tone and perspective. Talk about jersey switching. Sheesh!
And completely agree with your point that the regime and its intellectuals love China because of what Augustine called Libido Dominandi
Re: corrupt regimes, don't we recall Lord Acton's dictum that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely? IMO the only effective check on this type of corruption is competition between regimes.
I find it supremely ironic that CNN would run this piece, with this tone and perspective. Talk about jersey switching. Sheesh!
And completely agree with your point that the regime and its intellectuals love China because of what Augustine called Libido Dominandi
Re: corrupt regimes, don't we recall Lord Acton's dictum that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely? IMO the only effective check on this type of corruption is competition between regimes.