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Quote from: bryant.coleman on Today at 05:50:29 AM

Have you ever experienced living in poverty? It is easier to say like this. But in reality, 99% of the people just want to live comfortably, even if that means that they are living under an authoritarian regime. Just go and ask the ordinary Venezuelans whether they would be willing to swap their passports with the Chinese. I am sure that 90% plus would opt for that. Go to any poor country, and you will get the same response. Democracy is essentially the dictatorship of the majority. So what makes it any different from the system that they have in China?

Well, if you tell those poor people everything about China, I am sure that they wouldn't opt for the passport to live there. Also, can you hear what you're saying? You are basically enabling authoritarian rule instead of the freedom for the people, we shouldn't side with any kind of government, we always should look out for the well being of the public and authoritarian regime isn't a cure, it's a cancer.

That could just be a bit of hyperbole for effect from @dezoel but hey, its a figure of speech goddamit.

"Democracy is the dictatorship of majority". Wow, where did you come up with that?

I am all in for a debate about how democracies are flawed and how Facebook and Cambridge Analytica is ultimately turning us into slaves of the elite. This does not mean that I am about to shun my right to shit on those people and ideas and leaders who try such trickery. I am not ready to give up my right to protest or express just because I'll apparently get more rice. I don't know what this "Poor people" "cleaning river" "Construct toilets" argument has to do with authoritarianism versus freedom of expression. Its not like democracies haven't lifted out people from poverty throughout history.

Quote from: NeuroticFish on Today at 07:51:04 AM

Quote from: amishmanish on Today at 05:36:37 AM

I think if a Chinese as much as mentioned Xi Jinping and Dick in the same sentence, he'd be rounded off to some unknown prison.

You may not be too far, (unless you meant Dick Cheney Cheesy

), but in the same time you're most probably somewhat inaccurate too.
I was kid in the last years of Ceausescu. You could read everywhere "Ceausescu si poporul" (Ceausescu and the people) and I just loved to rhyme it with "Ceausescu si toporul" (Ceausescu and the axe). While my parents were super scared every time I said that (and this kid was too small to understand why) and shushed me without explaining why, nothing has actually ever happened (luckily).

What I mean is although most probably the nation is full of informers, they won't care of just anybody without a tad more solid reasons.

Haha..Thanks for that beautiful piece of personal history NeuroticFish. I'd love to hear someone actually say that out loud. Rhyming "Axe" with the name of the General Secretary could sure have consequences, which explains why the elders sushed. It seems innocent to discuss these things now but when people are given more power than their egos can handle, it inevitably leads to disasters. I am glad nothing ever happened..

I had never heard of Ceausescu but co-incidentally, just last week, i watched "Legends" on youtube about Nadia Comaneci, the perfect 10 girl of gymnastics and there I saw a part where she met him after the Montreal Olympics. So i could recall the name about him being from Romania and Nadia defecting to the USA.

Quote from: B-Bit on Today at 08:35:07 AM

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Everyone has a high degree of attention to China, and I often see the keyword "China" on forums. Why is this?

Thats what we've been trying to ask the CCP wolf warriors...lol..