There are always 2 sides of a coin. On one hand, democracy in India and the Philipines didn’t do much for them. But what about countries like Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, and all of the developed Western states? Democracy helped all of them to be where they are now. And so why can’t China join their ranks, instead of being like India or the Philipines?

Strong leadership only works when you have a decent (or in many cases, semi-decent) strong leader and party, since there won’t be any check-and-balance mechanisms in this sort of political system. The best example of this is Singapore, followed to a less extent, Malaysia. In these countries, even though overwhelming power is given to their leaders, they have not used it to to go on a full-fledged plundering spree.

What about other strong leaders like Zimbabwe’s Mugabe? Or North Korea’s Kim Jong Ill? Or the Junta in Burma, which used to be South-East Asia’s richest country in terms of natural resources? All of these countries have relatively stable political and social environments, but are they helping their people?

China’s Communist leadership, as well as all those other countries which have ’strong’ leaderships (including Malaysia), works like this: When the leaders make a mistake that costs the rakyat, they say “Sorry, won’t happen again”. It’s ok the for us if they don’t repeat their mistakes, but what if they continue to do it, and then say “Sorry, won’t happen again. Promise!” again and again and again? It is then when you can see why democracy is so important.

Democracy takes away the ability for our leaders to self-judge their own performances, and instead put that power into our hands. If the govt fucks up too many times, we can then use democracy to say “Fuck off” to them, instead of them judging for themselves that they still have the legitimacy to continue to govern. Comprehende?

Hence why Communism must die in China. Things might be good now for China because the current crop of leaders are more or less decent. But what if a Mugabe assumes power there? When that happens at a time when China still does not have democracy, then China will be fucked.

Geddit?