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[โ€“] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

true, and a government being elected also doesn't make it immune to bourgeois influence, and especially not to influence from the politicians themselves

[โ€“] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 days ago

Correct, which is why you need to understand that the class in power in the PRC is the proletariat and the party structure gains its legitimacy and power from the bottom-up.