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minus-squareGiveMemeslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·10 months agoThe joke relied on the fact that China isn’t a democracy not because they don’t have primaries but because they have a “president for life” (otherwise known as a dictator) and their elections are largely ornamental and orchestrated by the CCP.
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minus-squareGiveMemeslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-210 months agoBy this logic US instated “democracies” like in Haiti are also true democracies, right? Or does it actually matter if the people have any sort of say?
The joke relied on the fact that China isn’t a democracy not because they don’t have primaries but because they have a “president for life” (otherwise known as a dictator) and their elections are largely ornamental and orchestrated by the CCP.
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By this logic US instated “democracies” like in Haiti are also true democracies, right? Or does it actually matter if the people have any sort of say?