Within the next decade, China hopes to become a global leader in protected nature reserves, creating a network of wilderness that would be three times the size of the U.S. system.
That’s the problem with autocracy: too much depends on the monarch. If the monarch is an adequate ruler, then you have something like China: many autocratic nuances, but overall progress. Not so much progress in freedoms, but democracies aren’t famous for granting new freedoms to citizens either. But if the monarch is an imbecile, then you have something like the USA. And it’s only the start. Less than half of the year has passed. Can’t even imagine what Trump will do with the USA in 2-3 years. And he “works” fast.
They always were mostly autocratic, of course they don’t differ much from any other autocratic country.
The interesting part here is that full autocracy is a new thing for the USA. Previously it always maintained some minimum level of democracy. This status quo is ending now.
That’s the problem with autocracy: too much depends on the monarch. If the monarch is an adequate ruler, then you have something like China: many autocratic nuances, but overall progress. Not so much progress in freedoms, but democracies aren’t famous for granting new freedoms to citizens either. But if the monarch is an imbecile, then you have something like the USA. And it’s only the start. Less than half of the year has passed. Can’t even imagine what Trump will do with the USA in 2-3 years. And he “works” fast.
that’s basically the history of China.
They always were mostly autocratic, of course they don’t differ much from any other autocratic country.
The interesting part here is that full autocracy is a new thing for the USA. Previously it always maintained some minimum level of democracy. This status quo is ending now.
But like the republicans, China often distracts to do bad things. So… Great national parks for Chinese people but then forced labor for Muslims
And those that start out as adequate often get surrounded by yes-men and lose touch with reality, after which it gets weird.