Very unstable situation with Taiwan and Ukraine.
Link: https://apple.news/AvejeyAA-SVuN9ckIC-vMTg
Closed societies are too inflexible to adjust in a rapidly changing world.
Twenty years ago Russia was on the verge of joining the modern world... but Putin is a control freak and preferred a backward country that he could control.
Xi is going down this same path.
Hopefully, we shall not emulate the dismal record of countries trying to impose central government control of everything.
autocratic control of all industry in Russia, especially Oil and Gas...with negative results when he jailed an advocate of new technology (fracking) in favor of central control. He and Xi (like how that sounds?) are dangerous people, especially when things aren't going too well for them...there's no safe haven for them in those societies...hard to just retire and build an library ;-)...we, however, if we keep our democracy, will never have leaders who resort to insanity to protect their lofty positions (are you following my train of thought here? (hint: the initials are DJT)).
The Dems keep pushing for ALL Americans to vote and for an end to Gerrymandering...hardly an authoritarian strategy...so I wouldn't lose too much sleep over them leading us down that path.
That is also BS.