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North Korea is known as "The Democratic People's Republic of Korea". All of the others listed self-identified as democratic nations in the respective periods I
by madaxe_again 11y ago
North Korea is known as "The Democratic People's Republic of Korea". All of the others listed self-identified as democratic nations in the respective periods I refer to. In the USSR, the Communist party was "elected" time and time again, in "democratic" elections. They had a "mandate from the people".
To completely disregard any comparison because "they're bad and we're good" is so dogmatic and jingoistic it's impossible to process.
Edit: And I see in a parallel comment you say re: the US justice system "They (the courts and prosecutors) Do What They Want"
Would you really quantify that as the rule of law, or as arbitrary rule?
- cubano 11y ago> Would you really quantify that as the rule of law, or as arbitrary rule? It's somewhat arbitrary within a pretty solid framework, if you want my opinion. My OP and this thread was about macro-level rule of law, my other comment was micro-level obviously. No one is talking about "bad and good" here, I'm just saying you cannot compare them as you have attempted to do, as the fundamental differences defy equivalence.
- st3v3r 11y agoAnd to try and stretch a comparison simply because they have the word "Democratic" in their name is so ignorant of reality that it's impossible to process.