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> No, because neither China or Venezuela are considered to be under the rule of law. Wait wat? China isn't considered to be under the rule of law? Using the p

> No, because neither China or Venezuela are considered to be under the rule of law. Wait wat? China isn't considered to be under the rule of law? Using the passive voice is a really weaselly[1] way to hide the fact that it's highly significant who the entity making the call is. [1] I don't mean this as an insult, I mean it in the specific sense used by eg Wikipedia in their guidelines. For example, saying something like "Some people consider XYZ to be true" to give the claim false authority.

mseebach 9y ago
It's merely [citation needed], it's not [who?]. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/23/china-must-respect-lawyers-human-rights https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/23/china-must-res...
euyyn 9y ago
I don't think it's controversial to say that China isn't a democracy, unlike Spain.
- KGIII 9y ago
  A quick check of the definition confirms that 'rule of law' doesn't actually have anything to do with democracy, at least according to Google's results.
- wutbrodo 9y ago
  This thread isn't talking about countries being democracies, they're talking about being under the rule of law.
yorwba 9y ago
You may want your scrutiny under the Wikipedia guidelines at the Wikipedia article itself: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_law#Rule_of_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_law#Rule_of_law