That's demonstrably false. Take China as an example where there is a stable political system, a single party in charge, and decisions are made across decades.

[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

We can agree that China is a more stable partner than the US. My point is that party leadership can also change there, leading to policy changes - it just doesn't happen as often and there's usually no dramatic swings when it does. It's a scale, not a binary thing.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 days ago

That's the whole point though, it's the erratic swings in policy that make the US impossible to work with. China doesn't change policy on whim, and it acts rationally. This makes it possible to make long term plans with China and have confidence that China will commit to these plans. The same cannot be said about the US where policy is volatile and unpredictable.