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[–] NateNate60@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (61 children)

I think, to an extent, Western-style liberal democracy is never going to work in China. In any big country, it has a nearly universal tendency to turn into oligarchy.

[–] blight@hexbear.net 78 points 2 years ago (26 children)

I think you missed her point, she's saying that westerners have a narrow view of what even counts as "democracy".

Iosif V. Dzhugashvili quote

[–] President_Obama@hexbear.net 59 points 2 years ago (4 children)
[–] blight@hexbear.net 37 points 2 years ago
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