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> Who's going to vote their government out or jam things up with filibuster? Losing an election in the US just means you are out of a job - and lose all its pe
by worrycue 4y ago
> Who's going to vote their government out or jam things up with filibuster?
Losing an election in the US just means you are out of a job - and lose all its perks.
Losing power in an authoritarian government could mean you are arrested for “corruption” and sentenced to death.
The paranoia (and occasional country sabotaging acts) of CCP critters are justified as it’s a no holds barred fight for power and survival.
https://archive.is/d9OsU https://archive.is/d9OsU
- seanmcdirmid 4y agoLook what happened to Hu Jintao at the last party congress. However, China is pretty mellow about this: presidents/party leaders are allowed to retire gracefully since Deng Xiaoping set that precedent. I don't see even Xi or his successor breaking that contract.
- rippercushions 4y agoIf you make it to the very top, perhaps, but plenty of people at the pinnacle of power have been jailed. Here's the guy who lost the power struggle to Xi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Xilai https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Xilai
- seanmcdirmid 4y agoBo Xilai had it coming to him by having that British guy murdered. Even though they pinned in on his wife, he had to have known. That wasn't so much of a lost power struggle as it was "you crossed a line even high officials cannot cross." But if you give them enough rope and fall out of favor, ya, you will be made an example of. It is difficult to make it very high without creating lots of rope, however.
- patrick451 4y ago> Losing power in an authoritarian government could mean you are arrested for “corruption” and sentenced to death. The US is nearly there.
- rurp 4y agoI would love to hear which US politicians you think narrowly evaded a death sentence simply from losing an election.
- patrick451 4y agoWe just had one indicted for "corruption". Half of the predicate is true, hence "nearly there".