Comment by dpark

> ever since they thought they won over communist/socialist ideas, i.e. with the breakup of the USSR

You seem to have redefined the timeframe significantly. Previously you indicated that the decline was happening even before the end of the Cold War.

I don’t believe that this is a true statement even since the fall of the USSR, though. I’d be interested in what data or metrics this claim of decline is based on.

> Nice try, this won't provoke me.

You’re so unprovoked that you didn’t even address the concern. You could have pointed at what you believed was problematic suppression of free speech (of which there are certainly some examples in western nations) without actually divulging your apparently controversial beliefs.

Bluntly, I believe your criticism here is dishonest. Pearl clutching about apparent suppression of free speech in the west while pointing to a nation that sends ethnic Muslim minorities to reeducation camps as a better system is deeply disingenuous.

> It's a mistake to think that Xi is in power for wealth.

> I often draw a parallel with being a father. You have some power, but mostly you have responsibilities.

This is a man who refused the traditional transfer of power within the CCP and had the Chinese constitution revised so that he could remain in power. This is absolutely a man who wants power and wealth.

You’re plainly biased.