Firstly I don't know how this tweet of a comparison between China & India get posted here.
Secondly let's get beyond this cliche of a totalitarian system to explain away all our deficiencies.
We have a totalitarian system too - totalitarianism of the parasitic babooos. Add to that the milaudas gate crashing the party in a big way & what you've is a classic case of the tyranny of the unelected.
You want more ? How about total lack of imagination coupled with centralization of powers at the state & centre with zero devolution of power to the local self governments like municipalities including municipal corporation , municipal councils , gram panchayats , nagar panchayats , District Councils etc ?
I've actually read a book (?) or article long ago which suggested the Mayor of a municipal corporation had more power during the British Raj than independent India wherein power is concentrated in the hands of the municipal commissioner - a babooo .
China's actually achieved this devolution of power long ago & these local self government units function as the virtual bedrock on which the entire Chinese economy is based . Cut to India where the entire policy framing to implementation is controlled thru either New Delhi or the respective state capital with zero involvement & participation of the said local self government.
And we're supposed to be the democracy while they're the totalitarian system.
