either from the wealthy

jollyroger — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:09:29 +0000

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either from the wealthy segment of their society or a toady that has served his masters well.

Xi, as I understand it, could qualify on the first grounds, except that his father (who was a big time revolutionary) fell out of favor during the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (is that enuff capitals?), and he did spent his teenage years on a pig farm (or sumpin')

On the larger question, I still believe that overall they have more talented bureaucrats, and certainly smarter chief executives.

From what I understand about

Aunt Sam — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:26:26 +0000

In reply to In praise of smoke filled rooms. Why can't we have a meritocracy like China?

From what I understand about the Chinese hierarchy and the manner that any are jettisoned up the governmental ladder, usually they are either from the wealthy segment of their society or a toady that has served his masters well. Oh, wait, that's our political progression processes too!

But, there is that pesky group referred to as females, who are seldom acknowledged or even part of the upper echelon of their political organizations. Oh, again, similar to ours too!

Hmmm. Okay, well at least we don't blatantly execute them! Because we know THAT would be wrong.

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either from the wealthy

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