The communist party is a working class party. What exactly do you think the purpose of a party is? And what do you think class is? You seem confused on each.
No just one out of every 14 people, which you may notice is many thousands of times more democratic than any of the western so-called democracies by percentage.
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?
Let’s be honest, if they supported your position, you would have no issue with them. You’re only dismissing them out of hand because they contradict your assumptions.
They have no interest in portraying China positively, when a person or source you mistrust publishes something against their best interest it makes it a lot more likely that it’s true (like the CIA saying the USSR was democratic despite being enemies)
Oh, two corporate entities tightly bound up with American imperialism and who therefore have every incentive to lie in the opposite direction?
Like yeah dude, it’s a Harvard study, of course they’re tangled up in US bourgeoisie shit. If it was a Chinese survey you’d be dismissing it for not being a Harvard study
The people control the state in China, though.
The communist party controls the state, and not everyone is a member.
So then every country is authoritarian, because no country is controlled by a party that every citizen is a member of.
The communist party is a working class party. What exactly do you think the purpose of a party is? And what do you think class is? You seem confused on each.
No just one out of every 14 people, which you may notice is many thousands of times more democratic than any of the western so-called democracies by percentage.
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?
They seem to be doing a pretty good job
No. We disagree that “authoritarianism” is a meaningful distinction when every government exists by authority. Might as well call it “badguyism”
Why do you believe the “democracy perceptions index”?
Take a look at their supporters… like Palantir and Microsoft.
Let’s be honest, if they supported your position, you would have no issue with them. You’re only dismissing them out of hand because they contradict your assumptions.
They have no interest in portraying China positively, when a person or source you mistrust publishes something against their best interest it makes it a lot more likely that it’s true (like the CIA saying the USSR was democratic despite being enemies)
Oh, two corporate entities tightly bound up with American imperialism and who therefore have every incentive to lie in the opposite direction?
Like yeah dude, it’s a Harvard study, of course they’re tangled up in US bourgeoisie shit. If it was a Chinese survey you’d be dismissing it for not being a Harvard study
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“I’m not gonna listen because my government has already told me that Enemy is Bad”
Worldview so fragile