Originally posted by drawer:
Nah,mainland China cant really grow into super power nation unless her communist party collapse.Becoz dictatorial ruling can only bring the downfall of a nation,although at the beginning,it seems fast growing........This apply to a person or a party dictatorial ruling of a country.
not all countries can be ruled democratically my friend. democracy is an ideal, it does not work in the real world, can you honestly tell me which "democracy" functions according to the purest democratic ideals? democracy only works when the people are responsible, mature and educated. you see what "democracy" is doing to iraq?

when sadaam was there crime rates were low, no insurgents dared to even show their faces but with the americans came anarchy and chaos, looting, insurgency, violence...

messy places need to be ruled by an iron fist, as proven throughout history, those nations which prosper were often under the rule of a strong leader, be it julius caesar's rome, napoleon's france, qin shihuang's qin china or even margaret thatcher's britain. with decisiveness comes order and stability, with order and stability comes prosperity and progress.