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0 pointstehjoker1y ago0 comments

Simple: China is only totalitarian in western propaganda. "Yellow Peril" is a tired trope, it's a democracy. It's difficult to characterize the U.S. as a democracy, and our social progress is rolling backwards.

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geysersam1y ago

I'm very impressed and fascinated by the Chinese society and their progress. I love the country and it's rich history. But is it a democracy? No not according to my idea of what that word means.

It's a great country nonetheless, people are free in China, they have their own system and it works for them, good! Why pretend it's a democracy?

Barrin921y ago

It's worth debating because China describes itself as such: http://en.moj.gov.cn/2024-03/05/c_967573.htm

The Chinese would say the point of democracy is to translate the will of the people into action, it's to efficiently solve problems that people have, it's in their understanding neither liberal nor representative. In fact they'd likely turn your question around, if democracy is merely a set of procedures or rituals without concerns for the will of the majority, the demos which is in the name, why do you pretend to be one?

toxik1y ago

What absolute hogwash.

Can you criticize and ridicule your government? No? Not a democracy.

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geysersam1y ago

Deciding the best course of action in the interest of others is different from letting go of power and allowing people to collectively make decisions that might go against your own view of what is in their best interest. Without making a judgement I'd call the latter democracy but not the first.

In this distinction there were no references to procedures or rituals, so it cannot only be a question of that.

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geysersam1y ago

I'm very impressed and fascinated by the Chinese society and their progress. I love the country and it's rich history. But is it a democracy? No not according to my idea of what that word means.

It's a great country nonetheless, people are free in China, they have their own system and it works for them, good! Why pretend it's a democracy?

Barrin921y ago

It's worth debating because China describes itself as such: http://en.moj.gov.cn/2024-03/05/c_967573.htm

toxik1y ago

What absolute hogwash.

Can you criticize and ridicule your government? No? Not a democracy.

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geysersam1y ago

In this distinction there were no references to procedures or rituals, so it cannot only be a question of that.

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