Hendrik_2000
Lieutenant General
From whom you gathered the information about the importance of infrastructural investment, or about the strategical important areas ?
Who approved the purchase order for the expert broadcasting his view in the official/oligarch connected news channels ?
It is easy and comfortable to leave the thinking to others, and accept the ideas fan our nationalistic / egoist feelings.
Harder to see the reality.
Well at least the Chinese leader are selected based on meritocracy as it has been for century. They earn their keep based on their performance starting from village chief, then prefecture head, provincial government then if they are good they might be selected to become general secretary of CCP.
In the west president is selected based on Charisma, good look, oratory skill, snake oil salesman, even movie star, reality tv star can become president. Performance in running a government is optional. And you see the result 250000 dead and counting 5 million infected etc, 50 million unemployed
See the difference!