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Existence of elections does not mean a democratic process. Soviet Union had elections as well.
by Zanfa 11mo ago
Existence of elections does not mean a democratic process. Soviet Union had elections as well.
- blitzar 11mo agoExistence of elections does not mean a democratic process. United States of America has elections as well.
- dbdr 11mo agoI.e. existence of elections is necessary, but not sufficient.
- sophrosyne42 11mo agoNot bring up the US when someone is criticizing China, challenge level: impossible
- blitzar 11mo agoThe article is about the US.
- sophrosyne42 11mo agoThe OP made a false claim about China.
- komali2 10mo agoThis is the main issue with tankies, not that they go bizarrely out of their way to defend the PRC (and weirdly sometimes the Soviet Union or even North Korea), but, as Westerners, every geopolitical analysis they have is Americentric. Every news article for them is framed as, "How does this affect, or, is influenced by, American hegemony?" It often results in them completely disregarding the opinions, motivations, and agency of anyone that isn't American or a citizen of the PRC.