Comment on Most in China call their nation a democracy while most in U.S. say America isn't, Newsweek copes

ledward@lemmygrad.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Democracy is when I get to choose between a Democrat who is going to blast me in the ass or a Republican who is going to blast me in the ass.

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  • Kind_Stone@lemmygrad.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    See, that's democracy. You can choose the flavor of blasting. That's why they were so upset with Soviets, they couldn't choose the flavor of their sausages.

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    • TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I hate this level of cancerous thought. This is not even thought, this is just... ugh.

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    • AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Western "human rights advocates": "HURR DURR NO FREEDUM OF CHOICE IN SOVIET! ONLY ONE FLAVOUR OF SAUSSAGES!"

      Recently liberated Eastern European peasents: "HOLY SHIT WE GET TO EAT MEAT? THAT USED TO BE A RICH PERSON THING!"

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• AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  They totally do lol

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  • ledward@lemmygrad.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Well Xi is "president for life" according to these people. They have a big issue with that. They'd rather vote for different people every 4/8 years, even if they all represent the same thing, being imperailist exploitation.

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    • DankZedong@lemmygrad.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I used to have a problem with a ´one party state´ until I got into communism. While it's important to have things like Unions present in the government, I see no big problems with a one party state in a communist country. It actually makes more sense than six or seven (or twenty in my home country) parties. If the one party represents the people, what should the other ones do in order to be different?

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      • ledward@lemmygrad.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        I agree. Preferably, I'd have no party at all. I just don't like the concept of a political party. But I recognize the utility in them. And a one party state is perfectly fine. It doesn't inhibit freedom or democracy. Either have that or have multiple parties but only allow communist ones...though the utility of that may be questionable. Multiple communist parties in a country just tend to encourage division, as normal parties do.

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      • Rafael_Luisi@lemmygrad.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        On china they resolved that problem, the other parties on the country besides the CPC (that are supposed to represent the other classes in the country besides the ploretarian) have the right to participate, but in the end they aways need the permition of the CPC to do anything.

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    • AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Which, he isn't even. They repealed an age limit for the presidency under Xi. That's it.

      But you know who do serve for life and are never democratically voted in? The US Supreme Court.

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