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China is a kleptocracy. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/oct/26/wen-jiabao-wealth-new-york-times https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/oct/26/wen-jiabao-

• justinzollars 9y ago
  China slipped from Autocracy to Dictatorship last weekend: https://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21737517-it-bet-china-would-head-towards-democracy-and-market-economy-gamble-has-failed-how https://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21737517-it-bet-china...
  • aaronbrethorst 9y ago
    We should be careful, or the United States will too. https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/970090357441613824 https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/970090357441613824
• igravious 9y ago
  Wow, could people who are flagging and deading @anovikov's posts please stop. You may _disagree_ with what they have to say but they are not being impolite or abusive. I get that their position is extremely illeberal in these times but that is no grounds whatsoever to pile on and and flag and downvote. Doing so means it is hard to reply to them. If you disagree, reply, and give your reasons. Reserve downvoting and flagging for Reddit type meme humour, abusive comments, comments which spread fake news or conspiracies, pointless humour, off-topic comments, those sorts of things. Just because you disagree with someone is no grounds to downvote them. Think about what that means, please. Let's keep the level of discourse on HN elevated. Thank you. @dang or another moderator: would it be possible to unflag anovikov's posts here to allow discourse to happen or is that sort of thing not done?