re: #272 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

Here’s the thing. Xi and Trump are more similar than they are different and both are failures as human beings and leaders.

I dunno man. I’m not sure it’s even possible to be as much of a failure of a human as Donald Trump is. I don’t know a ton about Xi Jinping as a man, but I’m pretty sure he’s nice to his family. He’s also probably pretty well read and able to function in polite society. The Chinese Communist party probably doesn’t worship incompetence and buffoonery like Republicans do - someone rude, boorish and dumb probably doesn’t make it to the top of the party. Xi Jinping may be authoritarian and thin-skinned, but I think Donald fucking Trump is in a class all on his own. Not sure we’ve seen anything like this since Caligula.