Communism vs Democracy.

Kynge: the main problem with Chinas political systen is that it does not permit the checks and balances necessary to supervise and regulate a capitalist society some personal thoughts: i believe in democratic in principle (checks and balances, efficiency, accountability, etc, legitimacy), but apart from police and military states that rule completely by fear and intimidation (saddams iraq, iran, egypt, etc) there is an invisible social contract between party and people in non-democracries. the lack of legitimacy conferred by elections if anything drives regimes like china, singapore and the uae to work especially hard to appease their populaces (and you cant help but be impressed with these systems efficiency- beijings pre-olympic transformation could only have happened in this context, india would fail given twice as long). On balance, the loss of efficiency inherent in democracy is a worthwhile sacrifice in my opinion, but it needs renewal i think.