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China is under the rule of the CCP, an authortarian party to which you cannot challenge. For all democracy's failings, for the mess the US is in, and rise of p
by laputan_machine 4y ago
China is under the rule of the CCP, an authortarian party to which you cannot challenge.
For all democracy's failings, for the mess the US is in, and rise of populist parties in Europe, it is still freedom.
- mistermann 4y agoDoes the US public have any genuine, identifiable democratic power over the FBI?
- dd36 4y agoAbsolutely. The FBI head must be appointed by the President and approved by the Senate. Oversight is performed by Congress. He can be fired.
- mistermann 4y agoI don't disagree that it is possible in theory, but are there any substantial examples of initiatives genuinely spawned at the general public level changing policy of the FBI? This would be required to upgrade the binary (True/False) proposition from a belief to a fact...but then only as a binary (the FBI could still be 99% beyond the will of the people).
- sdsd 4y agoThis is technically true, but I wonder in practice. Like, the King of England absolutely has the power to withhold consent on acts of parliament. How accountable is parliament to the King? But replace the King with Congress, and parliament with the FBI.
- angio 4y agoIronically, right wing parties in the EU rose thanks to disinformation on american social media. Following this discussion's logic, Facebook and Twitter should have been banned in the EU a long time ago.
- AustinDev 4y ago> right wing parties in the EU rose thanks to disinformation on american social media. Citation needed. Last I heard it was mostly attributable to migration over the last couple decades.