• Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
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    2 days ago

    The problem with China is really the government. Democracy is a concept that the CCP really doesn’t like.

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      18 hours ago

      Am I the only one seeing the irony here? Is paying lip service to democracy enough? Legal gerrymandering, electoral college, voter suppression…

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      16 hours ago

      To be fair, though: The US government isn’t really all that keen on democracy, either.

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        8 hours ago

        They have that newfangled word for it now. What was it? Olymarkie? Oldmalarkie? Oh, what was it…