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Posted on 07/05/2026 11:26:02 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
China’s leader draws from autocrats’ playbook to expand power, oust potential rivals and lay groundwork to rule indefinitely
Chinese leader Xi Jinping is employing the sort of autocratic tactics once wielded by Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong to stamp out opposition and stack the leadership with acolytes as he prepares to extend his reign.
In a throwback to the most powerful Communist leaders of the 20th century, Xi has purged dozens of senior officials—even his own protégés—overseen the growth of a cult of personality and demanded absolute loyalty.
His goal: dictate China’s destiny for years to come in order to expand the country’s power and match the U.S. in military might and economic clout. Now in his 14th year as party leader, the 73-year-old Xi has eliminated conventions put in place after Mao to prevent a return to one-man rule.
But such strongman tactics come with risks. In squelching debate and stoking a climate of fear, Xi has made policymaking more arbitrary and mistakes harder to correct. Without clear succession planning, Xi also risks the fate that befell Stalin and Mao, whose deaths in office unleashed struggles for power that ended up unraveling their political visions.
Culling the top
Stalin and Mao eliminated rivals and quashed dissent as they consolidated absolute power. Both leaders oversaw sweeping purges that condemned millions of officials, intellectuals and ordinary citizens to jail, forced labor and death. In launching the disastrous Cultural Revolution, Mao mobilized zealous youths to attack alleged counterrevolutionaries, unleashing mob violence and social turmoil.
While Xi shunned such fanaticism, he has purged senior officials at a speed and scale unseen since the Mao era. Unending allegations of corruption and political dissent aim to compel officials to demonstrate loyalty to Xi and ensure that no one can undermine him.
Xi has stepped up the...
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"There's a level of admiration I actually have for China because their basic dictatorship is allowing them to actually turn their economy around on a dime and say 'we need to go green... we need to start investing in solar.' ... There is a flexibility that I know Stephen Harper must dream about: having a dictatorship where you can do whatever you wanted, that I find quite interesting." --Justin Trudeau (2013 "Ladies Night" fundraiser in Toronto)
What happens when Xi dies? There doesn’t seem to be a deep bench of Chinese leadership.
When Joe Biden was in the WH he was so envious of Xi Jinping that he tried to emulate Xi’s tyrannical leanings, obviously with the help and blessings of the deep state criminals.
We have our own Red Guard in this country now among the Antifa and other Democrat foot soldiers.
Well, if ever there were two political visions that needed to be unraveled -- there they are.
Why is Mitch McConnell’s wife meeting with Xi’s next in charge underling, while he is possibly in a coma, back here?
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