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Once a Model City, Hong Kong Is in Trouble

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Re: Once a Model City, Hong Kong Is in Trouble

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How does that old faxlore go? Heaven: British cops German mechanics French chefs Italian lovers Swiss administrators Hell: German cops French mechanics British chefs Swiss lovers Italian administrators Some nation-tribes are better at governance than others. Their countries might be objectively better if they were administered by another nation-tribe, but then it wouldn't be their country. Rhodesia was certainly a be…

That old faxlore is obsolete I think. From what I've heard, German cops are actually really good these days. Unlike some countries, they're not very likely to shoot first and ask questions later. And the reputation of British cops seems to have gone downhill lately. Also, I didn't think British chefs were bad (Gordon Ramsay is British after all); the main problem with British cuisine is that most of it just borrows f…

It's obsolete and Eurocentric, but the point is that different countries have their strong and weak points. If you were to update it to include Americans, you might just use an entirely different set. But you still have to balance the list.

            Heaven         Hell
  Japanese  toilets        economy
  Chinese   labor          toilets
  Russian   energy         entertainment
  German    economy        energy
  British   health care    food
  French    food           labor
  American  entertainment  health care

Re: Once a Model City, Hong Kong Is in Trouble

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post #284

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The thought of a truly democratic China today should be a terrifying thought to the rest of the world. It's a risky prospect compared to the current stability and growth. I'm sure they'll grow into their own version of democracy when necessary. And speaking of "democracy" is a two party system really all that much better or different than a one party system?

Why would it be terrifying if it was truly democratic?

Most of China is compromised of uneducated, ultra-nationalist peasant farmers. While they are lovely people I think it's in everyone's interest that they not dictate national policy.

The current government is IMHO doing a great job. Even on issues that they aren't great on, they are at least trending in the right direction. Why meddle and fix something that isn't broken?

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