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Biden again calls Xi a ‘dictator’ after critical summit 🤡 (thehill.com)

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[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago (18 children)

A dictator is a political leader who possesses absolute power. A dictatorship is a state ruled by one dictator or by a small clique.

By that definition you could call the US, or various other countries, dictatorships. However I don't see how Xi Jinping could not be objectively labelled a dictator.

Direct democracy FTW. Let people vote on any- and every-thing, for better or worse. People will learn and adapt, and if they get a chance to review policy this will be significant. Meanwhile, you cannot sustain any disinformation campaign indefinitely, even if they might be successful for the occassional vote.

[–] ghost_of_faso2@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago (15 children)

you do understand they vote and elect people in China right

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago (14 children)

Yes sure, but as I stated it's possible to successfully run a disinformation campaign to cover an occassional vote. It's also hard to run an opposition against an incumbent candidate when they will literally have you removed from congress on a whim.

[–] Leninismydad@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago

The sheer amount of voting that takes place in China would make you shit your pants.

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