Comment by blitzar
3 months ago
Existence of elections does not mean a democratic process. United States of America has elections as well.
3 months ago
Existence of elections does not mean a democratic process. United States of America has elections as well.
I.e. existence of elections is necessary, but not sufficient.
Not bring up the US when someone is criticizing China, challenge level: impossible
This 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.
The article is about the US.
The OP made a false claim about China.