China and USA, which country takes good care of its people

Margaret Thatcher was perhaps the last credible breed of British Prime Ministers. After her came all the clowns running the UK just like a circus.

Under a two-party rule, this is the eventual outcome, the same as in the USA. And it is the same elsewhere and everywhere. Thomas Paine had this to say - 'Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; at its worst state, an intolerable one'.

So, what is the difference between Governments in democratic countries and that in autocratic states? We could be blinded just by definition alone, calling one the good guy and the other the bad guy. There are bad Governments in a democracy as well as good Government in an autocracy. The criterion is how they treat the people and whether the Government's priority is lifting people out of poverty to enjoy a better life. Some African countries are thinking much more rationally than we have given them credit for.

But the show must go on, and we must keep flogging the dying democratic horse as the system that is best suited for everyone.


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