tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post5339531267820710918..comments2024-03-28T18:32:05.933-04:00Comments on bensozia: Why Western Conservatives Admire Viktor OrbanJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-15664355300225934002021-11-12T20:26:34.675-05:002021-11-12T20:26:34.675-05:00@Shadow
I would agree that the US's current i...@Shadow<br /><br />I would agree that the US's current inefficient form of democracy is not going to serve it well in the coming decades.<br /><br />I would hope that we would just look at all the other more efficient democracies out there in the world today (the ones who <i>had</i> to become efficient to compete in the post-war period) and emulate what they're doing better than we are, but...G. Verlorennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-46157706894589104032021-11-12T13:15:54.313-05:002021-11-12T13:15:54.313-05:00For the first 150 years or so of the republic it d...For the first 150 years or so of the republic it didn't matter how inefficient democracy was, because we were far away from those countries that could cause us trouble and we were big enough to fight back. Then the depression came along followed by WWII. Afterwards distance didn't matter, but the U.S. was the only "modern" nation left standing, so again the inefficiency didn't matter. <br /><br />Now everyone has caught up, and the distance between the U.S and Europe, and The U.S. and China, is tiny, tiny, tiny. I am wondering how well a democracy that gets in its own way competes in a modern, technocratic world. Xi's verdict is, and he seems to be acting on it, such a democracy will not do well. We will see.<br /><br /> Shadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05353532874773316117noreply@blogger.com