Thank you for this education. How little it seems that we Americans - starting with myself - know about China. I have a hunch that they know a lot more about us.
i have a question will AI replace cheap labour in the value chain in near future and also why america has lost its ability to manufacture modern phones or automobiles within America itself ......
Likely because this video has a narrow subject matter, and one that Rand didn’t have any commentary on (not her fault she hasn’t been alive for the last decades of Chinese history!).
People want to be usefull valued, what we leave or husband should be valued by woman more. Than what we impress them with if any of us comprehend what were doinging.
Why not? They have been ruled by emperors through their history. They know how that works. Any other system, they have no idea - they tried a republic for a while. It did not go well.
@@adrianainespena5654 I agree. What they have is an imperial autocracy that they pretend is not an imperial autocracy, - the pretence being that it is founded on the Will Of The People. Land empires almost always tend towards such autocratic forms of government whereas, although there are exceptions, maritime empires lean towards democracy.
@@richardcory5024 Tocqueville had it right. In history continuity is far more telling than rupture. You may think you break with the past, but keep repeating its patterns. They live in an imperial autocracy, what else is new? Considering that this one has raised up their quality of life in so many ways, they are happy with the system, most of them. After all, as Norman Stamps said in his book about the collapse of democracies after World War I what people want of governments is to be well governed and they demand results.
I see what you are saying, that the rise of prosperity makes for the contentment of the people. There is something else to consider and that is the rise of the middle classes, which is usually a feature of developing economies. As the middle classes grow richer so they tend to want to exercise some power, as they see that their own ideas , hard work, creativity and industry bear fruit and they look at government and see that the bigger it gets the more inefficient it gets, creating obstacles to their own development. In such circumstances they usually agitate for political change and liberalisation. In China, for example, the government sees the benefits of economic liberalisation, not political liberalisation. Every now and again it comes down very heavily on those wealth creators who harbour political ambitions, like Jack Ma. Every time they do this they wipe billions off the stock market and set back the course of economic development. Autocratic governments such as China's then ease the pressure on the middle classes (whereas in Russia the middle classes have been almost wiped out by oligarchies) and then the economy improves until the cycle is repeated, endlessly. In the end the middle classes, when they reach a sufficient level of influence, will have a much greater say in political liberalisation. Rule in China is centred around a few families, not the Politburo. When they see the need for change, change will come.
@@richardcory5024 When it comes to government responsiveness, the Chinese have a system of "tsar good, but ministers bad". People protest noisily in China, usually against local officials. When they make enough noise, the central governments swoops in, and disciplines the local officials, and answers the complaints of the citizens. So they became more attached to the CCP. As for change, yes, they know there will be changes. That's one of the lessons of Taoism, that change always comes, and that it is wise to go with the flow. So yes, there will be change, and it would not surprise me that the CCP will be at the forefront of it.
Please do another episode🙂
Awesome to see another show with Scott! Loving the China content lately, please give us more!
Thank you for this education.
How little it seems that we Americans - starting with myself - know about China. I have a hunch that they know a lot more about us.
Americans do not know or care much about history. And thus cannot understand well a country with such a long history.
Does anyone know of books Scott McDonald has written on the subject? I couldn’t find any..
i have a question will AI replace cheap labour in the value chain in near future and also why america has lost its ability to manufacture modern phones or automobiles within America itself ......
Very interesting stuff, but... Why do you guys never mention Ayn Rand? 🤔
Likely because this video has a narrow subject matter, and one that Rand didn’t have any commentary on (not her fault she hasn’t been alive for the last decades of Chinese history!).
OMG!! This is awesome..yeah, "a lot of fun!" and beats any mega movie one can see!! But scary too. But reality...
lots more please....all about the world! As many countries as you can cover, in a full series..of proper expose via exposition. Thanks a lot....
People want to be usefull valued, what we leave or husband should be valued by woman more. Than what we impress them with if any of us comprehend what were doinging.
The Chinese wanted an emperor and they got one.
Why not? They have been ruled by emperors through their history. They know how that works. Any other system, they have no idea - they tried a republic for a while. It did not go well.
@@adrianainespena5654 I agree. What they have is an imperial autocracy that they pretend is not an imperial autocracy, - the pretence being that it is founded on the Will Of The People. Land empires almost always tend towards such autocratic forms of government whereas, although there are exceptions, maritime empires lean towards democracy.
@@richardcory5024 Tocqueville had it right. In history continuity is far more telling than rupture. You may think you break with the past, but keep repeating its patterns. They live in an imperial autocracy, what else is new? Considering that this one has raised up their quality of life in so many ways, they are happy with the system, most of them. After all, as Norman Stamps said in his book about the collapse of democracies after World War I what people want of governments is to be well governed and they demand results.
I see what you are saying, that the rise of prosperity makes for the contentment of the people.
There is something else to consider and that is the rise of the middle classes, which is usually a feature of developing economies.
As the middle classes grow richer so they tend to want to exercise some power, as they see that their own ideas , hard work, creativity and industry bear fruit and they look at government and see that the bigger it gets the more inefficient it gets, creating obstacles to their own development.
In such circumstances they usually agitate for political change and liberalisation.
In China, for example, the government sees the benefits of economic liberalisation, not political liberalisation. Every now and again it comes down very heavily on those wealth creators who harbour political ambitions, like Jack Ma. Every time they do this they wipe billions off the stock market and set back the course of economic development. Autocratic governments such as China's then ease the pressure on the middle classes (whereas in Russia the middle classes have been almost wiped out by oligarchies) and then the economy improves until the cycle is repeated, endlessly.
In the end the middle classes, when they reach a sufficient level of influence, will have a much greater say in political liberalisation.
Rule in China is centred around a few families, not the Politburo. When they see the need for change, change will come.
@@richardcory5024 When it comes to government responsiveness, the Chinese have a system of "tsar good, but ministers bad". People protest noisily in China, usually against local officials. When they make enough noise, the central governments swoops in, and disciplines the local officials, and answers the complaints of the citizens. So they became more attached to the CCP.
As for change, yes, they know there will be changes. That's one of the lessons of Taoism, that change always comes, and that it is wise to go with the flow. So yes, there will be change, and it would not surprise me that the CCP will be at the forefront of it.
The imperialists and domestic reactionaries will certainly not take their defeat
lying down and they will struggle to the last ditch.- Mao