Re: I am no lover of the Chinese political system
"... unless you actually believe we live in any sort of open, fair and free democracy without either corruption or a small number of powerful puppet-masters pulling the political strings?"
I am more cynical than most, but what you are suggesting belongs to the realm of conspiracy theory. I believe we live in a somewhat open, somewhat fair and somewhat free democracy with some corruption and a number of would-be puppet-masters doing their utmost to pull the political strings. Yes, with a great deal of effort, we could do better. Or, with no effort whatsoever, we could do a great deal worse.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
