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I sense from your post that you confuse democracy with capitalism. Also Brazil and Russia are not democratic (right now). Neither have a democratically elected

• theseadroid 7y ago
  oh so the current presidents of Brazil is not democratically elected you mean[1]? And how would you assure a democratic China will not have a corrupted election scheme that resemble Russia's? Without you stating any evidence, I dare to say your sense is wrong. Chinese are more than ready for capitalism if the current system is not already it. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Brazilian_general_election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Brazilian_general_electio...
  • gcb0 7y ago
    Yes. Two other candidates were illegally prevented from participating. And there were more fake news campaigns in brazil, where whatsapp is the de facto communication medium, than USA during the election. "Lula’s criminal conviction on corruption charges last year came under highly suspicious circumstances. All year long, polls showed him as the clear front-runner for the 2018 presidential race [...] Ever since, Lula has been held in a makeshift prison cell inside a Federal Police building in Curitiba [...] An electoral court then barred Lula’s candidacy for president. Barring Lula from running as a candidate paved the way for the election of the far-right extremist Jair Bolsonaro" https://theintercept.com/2019/05/22/lula-brazil-ex-president-prison-interview/ https://theintercept.com/2019/05/22/lula-brazil-ex-president...