Comments on: The benevolent dictator paradox http://rjz.verminbrewing.com/2009/08/04/the-benevolent-dictator-paradox/ Ideas about travel and everything else, collected while traveling the world Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:53:13 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: someguy http://rjz.verminbrewing.com/2009/08/04/the-benevolent-dictator-paradox/comment-page-1/#comment-19264 someguy Fri, 06 Aug 2010 07:13:50 +0000 http://rjz.verminbrewing.com/?p=641#comment-19264 Great article. I also believe the Chinese model may have quite some advantages. They are now implementing more democracy at a local level so people can decide what influence their daily lives and for which they have the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions. However macro-decisions about complex issues like the economy is decided by experts, not the whim of the public (which in the case of the US is highly influenced by a dumbing down media and shorter and shorter attention span so election outcome may be decided by irrational factors). The main issue as you describe is to make sure there is no rot within the government. I do think they are aware of this and are putting in place checks and balances, after all I don't think many other countries enforce a death penalty for corruption within government. They are also now encouraging the press to criticise government in order to act as whistle-blowers - that is, as long as they do not criticise the one-party system itself. Great article. I also believe the Chinese model may have quite some advantages. They are now implementing more democracy at a local level so people can decide what influence their daily lives and for which they have the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions.
However macro-decisions about complex issues like the economy is decided by experts, not the whim of the public (which in the case of the US is highly influenced by a dumbing down media and shorter and shorter attention span so election outcome may be decided by irrational factors).

The main issue as you describe is to make sure there is no rot within the government. I do think they are aware of this and are putting in place checks and balances, after all I don’t think many other countries enforce a death penalty for corruption within government.
They are also now encouraging the press to criticise government in order to act as whistle-blowers – that is, as long as they do not criticise the one-party system itself.

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