Comment on When a country is ruled by a dictator, does it matter which party he belongs to?
Jordan117@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
It’s actually pretty rare for dictatorships to have only one legal party. Even North Korea is nominally a multi-party state. Such minor parties are just token controlled opposition ofc, but they serve to give a flimsy “democratic” veneer.
America’s trajectory rn is aiming closer to the illiberal/managed democracy of Hungary under Viktor Orban, where there are true opposition parties with an actual chance at winning, but the media, government, and electoral system is strongly biased against them.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
I think China in a way is democratic as long as you have allegiance to Xi Jinping. So as long as two people have opposing policies that neither of them contradict “Xi Jinping thought”, then there is some choice I guess?
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 4 weeks ago
How is it democratic though? There is some policy deliberation yes but that’s not what democracy means.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
Perhaps I used the wrong word, in that case
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 4 weeks ago
OK fair enough. I think I get what you mean. China has more of an elaborate bureaucracy than the typical dictatorship. I’m not sure what word best describes this model.
rimu@piefed.social 4 weeks ago
Yes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_China
NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Have you even read the first line of your quoted article? ;-)
rimu@piefed.social 4 weeks ago
I read the whole thing and the constitution of China.
I didn't post the link to refute anything, just providing information.