This is what bothers me the most. China has genuine problems, but all people are doing is putting up strawmen and attacking them. It makes conversation impossible and no one can see what China is actually doing. And in some ways that’s far more dangerous.
If it sounds vague to you, that’s my point. Everyone knows so little about how China actually works that they can’t fathom anything besides the strawmen that they put up. Here’s a simple question. Xi has to be voted on every 5 years. Who is doing the voting here? I can tell you right now it’s not the general population.
At this point is it even correct to call criticism of Beijing to be “red scare”?
The so-called “Communist Party of China” has a lot of billionaires in it’s membership.
There seems to be a lot of capitalism going on in the “People’s Republic of China” these days.
Labour Unions are illegal in China.
Given all the allegations of sexual assault levied the leadership and how that’s handled, I think it’s fair to characterize them as misogynistic.
China regularly uses a narrative about righting the wrongs from past national humiliations in it’s propaganda.
When you actually describe the government of China these days does it actually sound Communist? Or does it sound like some other form of authoritarian government? Fascism, maybe?
Of course that’s ridiculous. Fascists would never call themselves socialist. They’re always super honest about things like that, aren’t they? The National Socialist Party of Germany must have actually been socialist, because no fascist ever makes false claim about being socialist.
I mean, the only part I wrote was the question, and then the bit at the bottom where I draw parallel. If you don’t like the definitions, they’re copy and pasted from those sources, so feel free to write and tell them how you feel on it.
I also think Merkel needed removed sooner, and I definitely don’t believe the current system of government in the US is benefiting them at this time.
I was asking a question, you’re the one drawing inferences. But I do appreciate that you answered the question and gave examples.
With your answer in mind, would you really say that lifting the term limits by a government that has ACTIVELY put down dissent as well as blocked and criminalized images of said politician being compared to a children’s book character is actually democratic?
I think the problem you’re having here is that not being democratic doesn’t mean being a dictator. There are many forms of government that have existed before and will exist in the future. It’d be good if we took the time to understand at a minimum that.
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This is what bothers me the most. China has genuine problems, but all people are doing is putting up strawmen and attacking them. It makes conversation impossible and no one can see what China is actually doing. And in some ways that’s far more dangerous.
Xi being called a dictator is what “bothers you the most”?
What are you, some Xi bootlicker?
There are so many things to be “bothered” about and you chose a (for you a wrongfully applied) label.
Smh
That’s not what I said at all. I’m not even sure what you’re on about.
Tbf your comment is quite vague
If it sounds vague to you, that’s my point. Everyone knows so little about how China actually works that they can’t fathom anything besides the strawmen that they put up. Here’s a simple question. Xi has to be voted on every 5 years. Who is doing the voting here? I can tell you right now it’s not the general population.
At this point is it even correct to call criticism of Beijing to be “red scare”?
The so-called “Communist Party of China” has a lot of billionaires in it’s membership.
There seems to be a lot of capitalism going on in the “People’s Republic of China” these days.
Labour Unions are illegal in China.
Given all the allegations of sexual assault levied the leadership and how that’s handled, I think it’s fair to characterize them as misogynistic.
China regularly uses a narrative about righting the wrongs from past national humiliations in it’s propaganda.
When you actually describe the government of China these days does it actually sound Communist? Or does it sound like some other form of authoritarian government? Fascism, maybe?
Of course that’s ridiculous. Fascists would never call themselves socialist. They’re always super honest about things like that, aren’t they? The National Socialist Party of Germany must have actually been socialist, because no fascist ever makes false claim about being socialist.
I mean, the only part I wrote was the question, and then the bit at the bottom where I draw parallel. If you don’t like the definitions, they’re copy and pasted from those sources, so feel free to write and tell them how you feel on it.
I also think Merkel needed removed sooner, and I definitely don’t believe the current system of government in the US is benefiting them at this time.
I was asking a question, you’re the one drawing inferences. But I do appreciate that you answered the question and gave examples.
With your answer in mind, would you really say that lifting the term limits by a government that has ACTIVELY put down dissent as well as blocked and criminalized images of said politician being compared to a children’s book character is actually democratic?
I think the problem you’re having here is that not being democratic doesn’t mean being a dictator. There are many forms of government that have existed before and will exist in the future. It’d be good if we took the time to understand at a minimum that.