American Elections Effect China's Decisions?

"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." (Albert Einstein) This quote is the only thing that comes racing through my mind when reading articles about the "core" power that is basically being reinstated in China. The articles China’s Communist Party Declares Xi Jinping ‘Core’ Leader, China signals return to strong man rule America's elections - or the world's? really bring to light the deja vu that one sees when looking at Chinas recent choices in power and the fact that it seems America doesn't care about them. Or about anything besides safe spaces for that matter. China has gone an older route for leadership recently. Of course looking at our candidate's at this election it doesn't surprise me one bit that China is looking for a different way to avoid, "pulling a America" when selecting their next leader. They probably see the buffoons our country choose and thought it better safe than sorry to give theirs any other option than the one the higher positions picked. Now this may not be the case, maybe they've seriously thought about it and decided that yes giving the majority power to someone who doesn't even really have a actual position is smart. But come on. Even the best of the best can get a little cocky, a little arrogant, and start being selfish. Especially if power is being spoon-fed to the "core" leader.

 Maybe this "core" leader, Xi Jinping, wont be as bad as the last ones given this highly praised title. But can we just, for a moment, look at the people who held the position before? Mao Zedong, was not the most loved or lovable leader, but was still a leader. Because someone, one day thought hey why not give one guy the final say on what our country does and what it stands for. Oh and do I have to mention Hitler? Same idea, same principles right? He went crazy with power and convinced an entire nation that a certain kind of human was a vile creature that needed to be destroyed. Ok maybe I got a little ranty there but its just so silly how people can be ok with giving one man, one person, so much power, when there is so much evil in the world to influence him. "Mr. Xi’s newest title, carrying echoes of those political strongmen, reinforces his power to shape the new leadership of the party. It is also a warning that officials should fall in line, though some privately fear he has amassed too much control and has eroded traditions of collective leadership, built up to prevent a return to the arbitrary abuses of Mao’s final decades". "It is also a warning that officials should fall in line." A warning? This terrifies me for the people that are now under the will of Xi. If the reign of a new leader bears warnings to fall in line, and it gives that, "or else", vibe, maybe they shouldn't be the ones you put your trust into.

I, personally, haven't heard much about this issue aside from this weeks blog article. Which scares me as well. I watch the news, when the time allows it and maybe I just missed the 5 minutes where they touch on something outside of us. We have this mentality that its America or its nothing and that thought is just so toxic to our safety. It may be coincidental, and maybe its the self-centered American in me, but I do think our choices in leaders and our seemingly failing democracy had a hand in Chinas choice to go "core" leader. Why don't we look at other places and try to better ourselves. Or maybe just look to see what other countries think of what we are doing. I know people from around the globe mock our choices but don't they seem more interested in our elections than us? It will effect them too, possibly more so and they are on the edge of their seats waiting to see which way the ballot falls. But us? We cant seem to see how anything else effects us or how we effect anything else. What China is doing may not be a step in the right direction and may lead to unwanted out comes for their growing country, but at least they are looking around them, seeing what the world is doing and making decisions off them. Instead of the US where it seems like most of the time we flip a coin, say "it is what it is" and then walk away without looking to see if we even made the right choice. And for those few times we do go and look and realize that maybe our choice last time wasn't the correct one, we still just repeat the same mistake, never truly taking time to fix the issues or even caring how our wrong decisions, our downfall, effects anyone outside ourselves, personally.