Do We Need To Be More Like China?

Reading into the research for our next debate “China Does Capitalism Better than America” I’m seeing what this motion really asks: “Since China is growing faster than us, does that mean we need to be more like China?” Hm. A “yes” answer would pretty much turn on its head every assumption we make about ourselves as Americans — namely, that we’re the model for the rest of the world; that capitalism is “ours”; that maybe, just maybe, a little authoritarianism is a good thing