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It'd be nice if china could also like,,, not take that power so we don't just end up with the same situation but with a dictatorship at the helm?
Right way to measure governments is oligarchist corruption. All CIA approved democracies fail at this, and so not in the slightest a beneficial model. Trade shouldn't be viewed as bad. Corruption and subjugation are bad, and trade deals should be looked at only under that framework.
Why not just measure corruption, full stop? Why specify oligarchy corruption?
China still also falls apart under that viewpoint.
I don't know China to be corrupt.
Oligarchist corruption specifically privatizes profits for social losses. Destroying/diminishing country is a sacrifice they are willing to make. But sure, bribery for foreign imperialist privatization is just as bad.