edit: muting this thread, goodbye.

  • Cowbee [he/they]
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    017 days ago

    Russia is certainly a dictatorship of the bourgeoisie, not sure anyone would disagree with that, the people don’t have power in the Russian Federation, same with the US. China, on the other hand, is a democracy. It’s not a liberal democracy, but the people have a direct influence on how their society is run, which is why 90%+ Chinese citizens support their government.

    Hexbear is anti-fascist, so no clue what you’re talking about there, nor why you decided to go straight for homophobic insults at the end.

    • @[email protected]
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      016 days ago

      In the same breath you praise a dictator while saying you are antifascist.

      It’s incredible how incapable of self reflection tankie idiots are.

      This is why people don’t like you fucking bootlickers.

    • @[email protected]
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      016 days ago

      China, on the other hand, is a democracy. It’s not a liberal democracy, but the people have a direct influence on how their society is run

      Yeah. Even, if you disagree with the government, because then, you can still be democratic in jail…

      • Cowbee [he/they]
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        016 days ago

        Not sure what you’re trying to say here, China has a much lower imprisonment ratio than the US.

          • Cowbee [he/they]
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            016 days ago

            Your point was that China just imprisons people willy-nilly and thus isn’t democratic, but that’s just not true if we look at the numbers. As for the Uyghur question, no idea, the re-education program seems to be over or nearing completion so I don’t imagine its very high.

            • @[email protected]
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              016 days ago

              You forgot some quotes around “re-education”.

              Uigur question sounds like “Jew question”, which the Nazis named that way and tried to “solve” at the Wannseekonferenz…

              Is there even one entity that classifies or ranks democracies that sees China as an actual democracy? If yes, please give me a link. We all know that China is a one party country. If you disagree with the government, you can be open about it and go to “re-education” 🙃. Alternative: You shut up about it, which is probably what most people do.

                  • davel [he/him]
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                    015 days ago

                    You are neither a mod or admin, so you have no idea who voted for what, nor do you know which accounts -if any- might be logged in from the same IP address. Once again you’re just making up stories in your head and flinging insults around.

                • @[email protected]
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                  015 days ago

                  You asked a literal question, that’s incredibly dishonest.

                  What exactly?


                  That’s a survey (quite subjective), but the results is of course interesting. I expected “democracy” to be seen as “bad stuff form the west”…

                  It also has a disclaimer in the text:

                  A note accompanying the poll results offers a disclaimer, stating that “in authoritarian countries, positive perceptions might result from different conceptions of democracy, high levels of government satisfaction, or fear of speaking out against the government.”

                  Would be interesting to see such a survey in Russia or North Korea.

                  With “entity that classifies or ranks democracies”, I meant something like this (a more object classification of democracies based on some criteria):

                  • Cowbee [he/they]
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                    015 days ago

                    When you asked a question about the Uyghurs, and then connected it to the “Jewish Question” based on how I worded my response. That’s dishonest.

                    Why would democracy be seen as “bad stuff from the west?” Do you think Chinese people oppose democracy, or don’t kniw what it is?

                    Finally, “economic democracy” is a measure of how free Capitalists are to do as they please, not the common person. Socialist countries like China and Cuba that place firm restrictions on Capital, or Nationalist countries like Russia that restrict foreign influence over their economies, will always rank lower on a “freedom for Capitalists” index.

        • @[email protected]
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          016 days ago

          So every election since he declared himself president for life?

          Cool cool

          Usually when there’s only one person allowed to run for president and all dissent is systemically silenced that is a sign of a dictatorship.

          I’m sorry you are invested in this beleif system that does not allign with observable reality. It must be hard for you to feel grounded in reality.

          Every comment I see from you is straight out of a CCP propaganda guide.

          You’re pathetic for spending your time forcing yourself into spaces you aren’t welcome and shitting your fascist bootlicker beleifs onto our feeds.

          Nobody cares, fuck off tankie scum

          • Cowbee [he/they]
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            016 days ago

            He did not declare himself president for life 👍

            And for what it’s worth, I am quite welcome most places on Lemmy. There are a few users like yourself that seem to hate me, but those are in the minority of those I interact with. I’m a Leftist, after all, and Lemmy is usually pretty left-leaning. You can keep calling everyone that disagrees with you a fascist, but that doesn’t make it true.

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              When you are the only person allowed to be president and you end term limits that means you are expecting to be in power until you die.

              Like dictators do.

              You also can’t support authoritarianism and be a leftist.

              Fascist movements are inherently right wing, as leftist movements are defined by shared power and control.

              • Cowbee [he/they]
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                016 days ago

                He is not the only one allowed to have his position. Term limits were ended, yes, but that doesn’t mean Xi cannot be ousted. He’s very popular, so that’s unlikely though.

                So no, your entire premise is wrong. Whatever it is that you personally don’t like, you call fascist and authoritarian.

                • @[email protected]
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                  016 days ago

                  In China other people are not allowed to seriously challenge Xi

                  We both know it, but your entire propaganda angle requires denial of this reality so you are incapable of engaging with that fact.

              • davel [he/him]
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                016 days ago

                As it stands right now, FDR was re-elected more times than Xi. Was he also a dictator?