That's the point. Pretty much all governments in the world (except some obviously failed states in Africa)¹ are functional, but their functions are not what you and I would like for them to do.
¹ USA, the state of Israel, the strte of Palestine, Russia and China are all functioning states by my definition.
Yeah if we pretend all the other issue with CCP didn't exists, it's a functional government.
The CCP is a functional government, but one you do not like
You can say that to a lot of government in this world.
That's the point. Pretty much all governments in the world (except some obviously failed states in Africa)¹ are functional, but their functions are not what you and I would like for them to do.
¹ USA, the state of Israel, the strte of Palestine, Russia and China are all functioning states by my definition.