Here’s a quote from a different Wikipedia article:

“Xi was elected president on 14 March 2013, in a confirmation vote during the first session of the 12th National People’s Congress in Beijing. He received 2,952 for, one vote against, and three abstentions.”

That man will be “president” for the rest of his life. Good thing he’s so popular! 100% of the “vote”

Did you even read the intro to the article you linked? You’re embarrassing yourself

Wait, so you think they do have elections in China? And I’m supposed to prove to you that they don’t? How should I go about satisfying you?

It’s not just vibes. The censorship in China is unparalleled. Try being Chinese and going on their equivalent of YouTube or Twitter and posting simply “I don’t like Xi JinPing’s policies. I think we need a new leader.” Your posts will be removed, and if you keep it up, you will be imprisoned.

Also, they’re not a democracy. They don’t get to choose or change who is in power. There is basically no mechanism for pushing back against anything the government does in China.

In the US, we’re getting a little taste of that kind of unaccountability with ICE, and there is outrage, which is still legal to express. Hopefully, the whole top of our government will change hands in a couple years. I’m thankful I live somewhere that is possible.

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Not true. This woman was the first vegetarian to climb this mountain located in Nepal and Tibet.

That would be a creative curse

I’m also going to raise my hand here to say I only enjoy mouth spiciness

The Christian ethos. If you can’t take over the cultural zeitgeist, fake it til you make it. Even with all their political power now, they still can’t have what they really want, which is normal people not thinking they’re weirdos.

Lol it’s funny seeing you guys operate outside of hexbear. You can’t ban anyone who pushes back because you don’t control the community, but you still have to let them know you punished them somehow.

The ability to criticize your own government publicly is paramount. Without that, you better hope you are ok with everything the government is doing, because there is no mechanism to change it.

This is a tell-don’t-show type of comic

Yeah, I’m not buying the “gee, guys, I used to believe the AmeriKKKa propaganda, but this really makes me think” act. It must work better on the morons in the tankie communities.

The US is fucked right now, but at least there is hope in a democracy, while it lasts. If we ever become a full on totalitarian dystopia like China, it’s over. It makes me sad to think that, with modern surveillance technology, there is probably no way for them to dig themselves out of it at this point.

I find it easy to criticize both where warranted

Better in every metric? Try being Chinese and criticizing the government online, and see what happens to you. That’s a pretty scary metric.

…hmmm

Err……

….gee

Yeah, guys…… I’m starting to think…… China might not be so great

Good policy for bad (or at least not principled) reasons. It’s for money. They consider Israel “high risk” because of the war. China doesn’t give a shit about human rights. They send their own Muslims to concentration camps.

I don’t understand the rationale here. Even if you’d give him away for free, why not try to get something for him if you can? Put JD on sale for $200, then lower the price by $25 a day until someone buys. You don’t even have to waste money feeding him. If there are no takers, he’ll die in a few days, and you can just throw him in a dumpster and you’re back to where you started.

That doesn’t seem right

I’m surprised he doesn’t overtly support the Russians, like most of MAGA

This one looks like a hybrid of both