• GirthBrooksPLO@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    So 13 out of 14 people do not belong to the only political coalition (the 8 parties with 700,000 members total don’t really count as “opposition parties”) that is legally allowed in their country?

    In reference to my original post, we agree that authoritarianism is bad and you are arguing the case that China and the CCP is not authoritarian, correct?

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      3 months ago

      They seem to be doing a pretty good job

      we agree that authoritarianism is bad

      No. We disagree that “authoritarianism” is a meaningful distinction when every government exists by authority. Might as well call it “badguyism”

      • Mulligrubs@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        Why do you believe the “democracy perceptions index”?

        Take a look at their supporters… like Palantir and Microsoft.