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I’m assuming that ranking has countries like China as not democratic while countries like the US as democratic. When most people in China are happy with their g

I’m assuming that ranking has countries like China as not democratic while countries like the US as democratic. When most people in China are happy with their govt/they correctly believe the govt is working in their interest. Meanwhile the majority in America are usually not happy with their current regimes and most certainly the govt does not represent the people.

alephnerd 1y ago
> while countries like the US as democratic America is ranked as a flawed democracy within the EIU - just like Israel, South Korea, and Italy - which I would say is a fairly accurate take about the state of American democracy. > When most people in China It's hard to tell whether Chinese think one way or the other, as these kinds of polls are tightly held. That said, protests are fairly common in China, and the rate of labor unrest within China has risen dramatically compared to the past 10 years [0] [0] - https://labourreview.org/strike-wave-china/ https://labourreview.org/strike-wave-china/
kevin_thibedeau 1y ago
> When most people in China are happy with their govt You don't seem to have seen the videos of people being shoved into vans when they try to exercise their right to lodge grievances about government corruption.
- fragmede 1y ago
  I agree, what ICE is doing in LA is pretty shameful!
  - RestlessMind 1y ago
    The difference is that people are protesting against ICE, writing op-eds openly across various forms of media and a prominent governor is trolling Federal govt's actions in public. Good luck trying to do any of that in China. US and other democratic societies may have warts, but there is a huge gap between those systems and China.
- xnyan 1y ago
  Whereas in the US, masked government goons have never thrown people in unmarked vans /s.
titototititi 1y ago
>most people in China are happy with their govt/they correctly believe the govt is working in their interest we can't complain ;)

alephnerd 1y ago

> while countries like the US as democratic America is ranked as a flawed democracy within the EIU - just like Israel, South Korea, and Italy - which I would say is a fairly accurate take about the state of American democracy. > When most people in China It's hard to tell whether Chinese think one way or the other, as these kinds of polls are tightly held. That said, protests are fairly common in China, and the rate of labor unrest within China has risen dramatically compared to the past 10 years [0] [0] - https://labourreview.org/strike-wave-china/ https://labourreview.org/strike-wave-china/

kevin_thibedeau 1y ago

> When most people in China are happy with their govt You don't seem to have seen the videos of people being shoved into vans when they try to exercise their right to lodge grievances about government corruption.

fragmede 1y ago
I agree, what ICE is doing in LA is pretty shameful!
- RestlessMind 1y ago
  The difference is that people are protesting against ICE, writing op-eds openly across various forms of media and a prominent governor is trolling Federal govt's actions in public. Good luck trying to do any of that in China. US and other democratic societies may have warts, but there is a huge gap between those systems and China.
xnyan 1y ago
Whereas in the US, masked government goons have never thrown people in unmarked vans /s.

titototititi 1y ago

>most people in China are happy with their govt/they correctly believe the govt is working in their interest we can't complain ;)