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Your analysis is good, but with some major flaws.I agree in regards to democracy and some of the leaders that come thru majority of the times are disappointing.. As mentioned already Trump and you can also add Zardari-Bhutto, Nawaz etc etc..
Democracy is a failed system and I agree that the chinese system is indeed superior to democracy..
But this type of meritocracy is not fool proof either all tho much better alternative then democracy and the issue with this kind of meritocracy steems from that it becomes a elite heavy government and exclusive decision making where a group of elitist people grap power tightly for centuries if possible just like ancient china where few wealthy and powerful families sit on everything and they just spin the clock and continue for generations within their own elitist families holding all powerful positions sometimes it can be around 5000-10000 families that sit on everything at the top. So technically it doesn't allow others who may outshine them in merit to rise up and they will only select from these who had performed previously in the provinces from within the elite.
This is similar to the government structures during the Tang dynasty, Ming dynasty and Han dynasty etc etc. All tho they were monarchies but still around 4000-5000 families made of the elite and held power across the board and past it down to each other from generations to generations until that dynasty was toppled then came a new elite group that filled the void and setup their own government structures based on the same formula.
This was not only a chinese thing tho but rather a universal issue the same structures were being formed in all ancient empires and dynasties thru out Europe, Africa and the larger Asian continent. You can call it the unwritten human law things always takes that shape.
Democracy can allow elites to shift without toppling that is the only benefit in it but other then that it is worse governance then meritocracy in the overall picture.
The succession struggle has also been a universal issue that has sort of gone away in the modern era both in today's monarchies, democracy and meritocracy..
The best governance law has been written for a century ago it promotes growth, business and peace but just never utilized for over a century now.
The muslim world could use meritocracy as we have some undesireable leaders and riddled by undesireable leaders for the last century or so since post the pax-Islamic world hegemony we have been thru a century long transition period with unfit leaders in higher positions
US political system is one of the best nest of crony. What will Us media depict this below if it happens in China?
Crony or Dynasty?
On the other hand, China officials come from the bottom of the society. President Xi start his carrier as a farmer, a true farmer. Not a farmer like Bush Junior. Then govern a small town, a city, a province, vice president. It took President Xi 30 years to step up the ladder.
What Bush Junior did before President? Businessman and a short period of governor.
That's how US empire free fall.