This was a lethal quote from Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan to Hank Paulson following the 2008 financial crisis. From the book “The Avoidable War”. Read to the end:

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Man I really hate how it seems like the majority of the modern world is moving towards more and more authoritarianism. 

On both sides of the aisle you have people who believe that democracy isn’t suitable for the modern world. 

I hate it. They’re wrong and they use the worst arguments to justify their position.

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Same here. I really took it for granted for most of my life that these deep democratic values were beyond revisiting and disputing, but here we are.

I also feel like a hypocrite saying this because my best years have been spent in undemocratic nations (but only because I was able to afford a very sheltered life there)