• go_go_gadget@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    Then move to China

    If I spoke mandarin fluently and had a solid support network of friends and family i would. 🤷‍♂️

    Dictatorship means no accountability, so once it’s set up, they do as they please no matter what you say.

    Show me all this accountability here in the United States. A known pedophile is in office and the previous guy in office spent four years giving a huge number of his voters the finger.

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      47 minutes ago

      If it was a total dictatorship, he’d be there forever. Accountability is the elections. You have hope.

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      1 hour ago

      You seem to like when the government heavily censors domestic media, the internet, and academic discourse, and actively suppresses political dissent, protests, or criticism of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Movement within China is regulated. The justice system in China has a 99% conviction rate…for whichever side supports the side of the state. Mass surveillance with no legal recourse. You wouldn’t even know if you had it good or not. Unless you are fine not knowing I suppose.

      • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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        43 minutes ago

        The west also heavily censors domestic media, the internet, academic discourse, and actively suppresses political dissent and protests, etc. The critical difference is that the west does this to protect capitalists against the working classes, while China does this to suppress capitalists and protect the socialist system. The class that controls the state uses it to oppress the others.

      • go_go_gadget@lemmy.world
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        46 minutes ago

        You’re responding to my comment where I said.

        Show me all this accountability here in the United States.

        You didn’t show me where all this accountability is. Was that an oversight on your part or are you acknowledging there isn’t any?