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fucking_tragedy | 6 years ago

It's weird to hear you describe Xi Jinping's dictatorship as the voice and sovereignty of the people.

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chrischen|6 years ago

You'd be surprised how much support the government has in China, among Chinese people, even if they oppress some of their people. But just because they don't hold public elections doesn't mean they do not draw their legitimacy from the people. And furthermore, if they did not have a legitimate claim to power the people of China can overthrow them, not a foreigner. They don't need the US to install a leader for them.

fucking_tragedy|6 years ago

> But just because they don't hold public elections doesn't mean they do not draw their legitimacy from the people

Got any other zingers you want to tell me with a straight face?

mensetmanusman|6 years ago

This is impossible to know because of how censorship works.