“”They are not stupid people. I think a lot of people make the mistake of thinking they are stupid.””
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The ChiCom leaders only appear to be stupid due to their level of evil. Cunning, calculating and infinitely more patient than most humans on earth right now. Their god is power and control. The people are, by and large, just hard-working peasants trying to survive a totalitarian government that has them by the short-hairs. A system that the rabid left (Democrats) here in the US would or will implement here in America...if they can. With them in control, of course.
History shows that such systems do not scale well.