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"A civilization that thinks in centuries. A state that always plans ahead. A
disciplined machine buying the future while democracies bicker, panic, and
waste time.
But I've heard this music before.
I was born in the Soviet Union. And the Soviet Union also looked formidable
from the outside. It had giant projects, impressive statistics, military
spectacle, and a ruling class that spoke in the tone of historical
inevitability. A lot of people in the West looked at that theater and mistook
it for lasting strength.
That was a mistake then. And it may be a mistake now.
Authoritarian systems are very good at projecting power long after they've
started rotting from within.
So here's the real question: What happens if we stop looking at China as a myth
— and start looking at it as a system? And if that system follows many of the
same political and economic patterns the Soviet Union followed, why would we
expect a different result?
Today I want to show you why modern authoritarianism keeps summoning the same
old ghosts."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
