Out of my mind: The Chinese way

September 25, 2016 10:25

Open democratic societies have a perennial problem. That is to resolve quickly, in the face of an attack, what needs to be done. The news of the attack cannot be kept secret. Debates and discussions break out. Amateur armchair strategists expound their views. The amateur does not have to think beyond the next step. At the next step, he can forget what he said and take up the matter as if it is a new challenge.

Even responsible governments have problems. No one controls or coordinates the responses. If it is sudden, then there is a simultaneous, often contradictory, cacophony of views expressed. Why do three members of the Cabinet the home and the defence ministers as well as the prime minister need to pronounce, and if so, why the banalities such as the guilty will be punished? Surely that is obvious. Does it need saying?

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