People that only know governments that are evil and don't care for them can't fathom anyone supporting any government without being brain washed. They cannot fathom that there are governments our there that focus on helping their civilians and improving their lives and this being supported. The government must always be seen as the manipulator. The deceiver.
This is why Americans can so easily jump on the communist brainwashing theory. They don't trust their government therefore they are free thinking. The Chinese trust their government however. Therefore they are brainwashed.
ledward@lemmygrad.ml 2 years ago
China hater: "b-b-but they don't get to vote for their leaders!!!"
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.
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.
AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
They totally do lol
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.