China is fundamentally anti-elite. It is the whole principle the PRC was founded on. China does not have "the same type of leadership" at all. It has well-raised technocratic cadres who compete within the system, not above it unlike the US.
Re:Do you want the US to "win" AI?
by red-iron-pine on Thursday April 23, 2026 @03:27PM
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ITT: we think the CCP is not "an elite"
I'm sure China has the same type of leadership, but they've yet to threaten to nuke a whole civilization.
Obviously, we want to be in the middle between what America represents and China, and that's currently Europe.