▲ 55 ▼ Why there is so much communist propaganda on lemmy? (feddit.uk) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Vitaly@feddit.uk to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 342 comments fedilink hide all child comments Even from people that never lived in a communist state edit: im 17 and i hate communism
[–] jackal@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Can you explain one thing about how the Chinese or Cuban elections work without looking it up? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg -1 points 2 years ago* Would it change any of your opinion if I did? But yes, I can (for China), I can explain the important part ... which is that the CCP required to rubber stamp any nomination to run for office. There is no democracy when your rule can not be meaningfully challenged. This is furthered by the infringement of rights that is the great firewall. EDIT: For anyone who actually is reading this and wants a source instead of "he (I) said, the other person said" here's some information fairly well compiled: https://decodingchina.eu/democracy/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg -1 points 2 years ago* Would it change any of your opinion if I did? But yes, I can (for China), I can explain the important part ... which is that the CCP required to rubber stamp any nomination to run for office. There is no democracy when your rule can not be meaningfully challenged. This is furthered by the infringement of rights that is the great firewall. EDIT: For anyone who actually is reading this and wants a source instead of "he (I) said, the other person said" here's some information fairly well compiled: https://decodingchina.eu/democracy/ permalink fedilink source parent