re: #286 Targetpractice

The other thing to bear in mind is, in this battle between two political cultures, the Chinese are better suited to weather a trade war. Xi can clamp down on dissent and demand way more of the people than Trump could ever hope to achieve. Plus he’s not sweating midterm elections that could further weaken his power base.

I think that is old school thinking. Allowing people to have more freedom tends to make them want to have more of it. See the Berlin wall.