quimo ... I'm not the least bit upset at you. I welcome your outside view of the US; most all of us do, actually. I'm not sure what part of my response you found a reflection of "upset with you"? I'm very much "frustrated" and "ill" at my government for so many reasons I can't count. For example, in the news just this Sunday, we find that the government has been fudging (lying) about the real covid-19 numbers to its citizens to encourage more people to go back to work, etc. They give a crap that this virus is actually 10X more fatal for our older citizens. Maybe that's their intent ... to ******* off the older generations. My wife & I have old parents in their 70s and one that's 81; we very much care for the safety of our parents.
At any rate, I'm certainly not upset with you. Feel free to give your opinion or facts anytime to the forum. Sometimes one's reflection is what is needed to motivate one to become pro-active.
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Because in western countries, too many people speak and too few people do things.
The most annoying thing for Chinese people is the boaster: if you are not good at this job, shut up your mouth and let other people who are good at it do it.
In the west, there are too many such people, especially in government institutions. They may be a senior lawyer, dentist, actor, businessman. However, they do not know how to manage a country, how to manage civilians and deal with various social conflicts.
But you are expecting these people to lead you forward, which is your own choice.
We can change our lives. From now on, you are not an American. You are a young Chinese college student. You have been admitted to the civil service, and you begin to enter the Chinese officialdom.
In China, when you enter the field of civil servants in your twenties and thirties, you must start from county-level cadres. When you can stand out from the competition of other county-level cadres, you are a qualified official. At this time, you have the experience of managing an average population of 2 million.
The county-level field is a battlefield for recruits to be eliminated. Being able to survive in the county-level field proves that you are a qualified official. The period may take 5 to 10 years, depending on your ability and achievements. Then you will enter the next field.
After entering the city level, according to the city level, the population under your jurisdiction will vary from 8 million to 30 million. This stage usually takes about 10 years until you enter the provincial level.
Provincial officials are the reserve of central officials. In the process of provincial career, you will at least take turns to spend your term of office in two to four provinces, which means that the population under your jurisdiction will accumulate to the level of "hundreds of millions". The average population of China's provincial level is 70 million, and there are different regions.
At this stage, it means that you are over 50 years old, you have rich experience and outstanding ability. Such a large governing population means that you have dealt with various social conflicts and disputes in your official career. What else can you not deal with?
In the new rotation of the Central Committee, you start to enter the field of the Central Committee. At this time, your work characteristics start to change from the population under jurisdiction to the state management. If you can enter the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of China, then you are one of the seven most powerful people in China, and you have reached the peak of your life.
Compared with American officials, you will find that former President George W. Bush's management ability may not even be competent for Chinese municipal officials, Obama? Trump?
You're playing slot machines, and you're expecting "777," but your odds are only one in 10 million.
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