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Chinese way of practising democratic centralism has its perks, and its cons. It's very different from western democratic systems for sure, because it doesn't al

Chinese way of practising democratic centralism has its perks, and its cons. It's very different from western democratic systems for sure, because it doesn't allow for the active contestation of decisions taken after democratic debates, but they still happen! So basically, if a majority of Parliament choses to act like X, but a minority of Parliement still keeps on fighting for Y, this minority will quickly get in trouble. Right now chinese workers are very much satisfied by whats been accomplished by their Republic, but they will easily admit its certainly not without flaws. Any specific event that comes to your mind when you think of suppressing workers movements? I'm not myself a chinese citizen, but my ex was, and from one thing to another I got very interested in their political system.

KoolKat23 3y ago
What you describe is populism. It's not so much you'll get in trouble if you keep pushing for Y. You'll get in trouble if you push anything that is to the detriment of all those in parliament, these days even more so if to the detriment of the leader.
- derelicta 3y ago
  > You'll get in trouble if you push anything that is to the detriment of all those in parliament, these days even more so if to the detriment of the leader. Yes and no, for many reasons: 1) There are regular protests being held a lil bit everywhere in china every day, and most go fine for the protesters. 2) You cannot advocate for everything during those protests. If you advocate for the transition to a western-style liberal democracry, so a democracy for bourgeois but a dictatorship for the workers, then yes you will have fine gentlemen forcing you into their vehicle for interrogation. 3) If you are referring to the current president of the PRC, you have to realise he is merely executing what parliement wants him to execute. Even if you see him as a tyran, you also probably realise that no leader rules alone; its a system that enables their power.
  - KoolKat23 3y ago
    Those protests are not a threat to the party that is why they are tolerated.

KoolKat23 3y ago

What you describe is populism. It's not so much you'll get in trouble if you keep pushing for Y. You'll get in trouble if you push anything that is to the detriment of all those in parliament, these days even more so if to the detriment of the leader.

derelicta 3y ago
> You'll get in trouble if you push anything that is to the detriment of all those in parliament, these days even more so if to the detriment of the leader. Yes and no, for many reasons: 1) There are regular protests being held a lil bit everywhere in china every day, and most go fine for the protesters. 2) You cannot advocate for everything during those protests. If you advocate for the transition to a western-style liberal democracry, so a democracy for bourgeois but a dictatorship for the workers, then yes you will have fine gentlemen forcing you into their vehicle for interrogation. 3) If you are referring to the current president of the PRC, you have to realise he is merely executing what parliement wants him to execute. Even if you see him as a tyran, you also probably realise that no leader rules alone; its a system that enables their power.
- KoolKat23 3y ago
  Those protests are not a threat to the party that is why they are tolerated.