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What do you guys say to people who say that China is not a democracy because it only has 1 party and people do not vote for president? Or any socialist country in that regard? (lemmygrad.ml)

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[–] DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml 43 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I usually go for Socratic questioning. Have them describe to you what they think a democracy is. 9/10 times they'll give you a definition that makes having multiple parties irrelevant. Really get them to explain to you why their own view on China is inconsistent.

[–] MarxMadness@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 8 hours ago

Notably, many of the U.S. founding fathers (I believe Washington in particular) did not want political parties go form, which is functionally the same as having one party.