The Civilization of the Future is Born in China

The article, authored by Federico Berti, argues that China is building the civilization of the future while the West is caught in a state of decline and political paralysis. Berti sharply contrasts the apparent Western democracies with the People's Republic of China. Western democracies are described as having been reduced to empty rituals and are afflicted by institutional crises, high levels of corruption (including tax amnesties, corporate favors, speculative clientelism, and cronyistic corruption), and political debates poisoned by disinformation and pseudoscience. The author notes that essential services are being cut and that Western power is now largely in the hands of large corporate consortiums capable of moving more capital than governments themselves. Furthermore, the short electoral cycles in the West prevent continuity in structural reforms, leading to constant stagnation. In contrast, China is lauded for pursuing a coherent and determined policy of growth, characterized by very high internal stability and the capacity to mobilize national resources towards defined objectives. China’s approach involves long-term strategic planning, utilizing progressively refined five-year plans that integrate modernization with imperatives of environmental, energy, and climate sustainability. The text highlights that China has dedicated massive investments to scientific research and advanced technologies
, covering strategic sectors such as artificial intelligence, biotechnology, 5G telecommunications, quantum computing, and renewable energies. China’s pragmatic approach to sustainability involves aiming for low-carbon transition and developing the world's largest capacity for renewable generation, dominating the production of solar panels, wind turbines, and electric vehicle batteries. The Chinese model is founded on three interconnected pillars: peace as a necessary condition for sustainable development (favoring diplomacy and infrastructure investment over armed intervention), scientific and technological progress as the engine of social transformation, and the constant improvement of material living conditions as the ultimate goal of government action. This vision, focused on stability, innovation, and sustainability, represents the only credible alternative to the chaos that characterizes increasing portions of the Western world. Finally, the author concludes that this significant divergence in development paths, where China advances methodically toward a long-term vision while the West consumes energy in ideological conflicts and internal political clashes, seems to shift the center of gravity of development toward the East.