Well it’s on the way there but it’s not yet. American democracy still has some spine left I hope. But we are closer than we have ever been I think.
As an example, I don’t think Trump can make Sundar Pichai or Tim Cook disappear and then retreat from public life, like what happened with Jack Ma. To be clear I do not hold any of these individuals in high esteem, I am just illustrating the power of Xi Jinping, compared to Trump’s.
What happened to Jack Ma? Other than taking a quiet vacation and then continuing to enjoy his piles of money?
I'm genuinely curious, he is an interesting character. I wonder why he believed he would be able to pull off what he tried to pull off, my only explanation is, he didn't really know what he was doing. I'm always happy when I find new information about him.
It’s strange to oppose the two concepts, as if American leadership weren’t itself an authoritarian regime.