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[+] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 6 months ago (24 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source hideshow 24 child comments replies: [–] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 26 points 6 months ago source: permalink fedilink source parent [–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 27 points 6 months ago (9 children) because they don’t have political freedom. there’s no stuff like “you can speak your mind as long as you’re respectful” And the West definitely, absolutely has that permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 9 child comments replies: [–] architect@thelemmy.club -3 points 6 months ago (1 child) To be fair i speak my mind in a disrespectful way daily of the shit stained leader of the usa. They just let me do it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) Lol try actually advocating against him. They let you speak until the instant they think you might change something and have gotten really good at gauging that. permalink fedilink source parent [+] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de -12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (6 children) i mean yeah, literally, look at how the Iranian regime is allowed to post its anti-US propaganda lego movies on Twitter. edit: nvm that was a bad take. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] culprit@lemmy.ml [S] 23 points 6 months ago (1 child) Guess you haven't been following the news lately. Yet just as these creative expressions of national resistance reached peak global influence, YouTube jumped in. The platform suspended the Explosive Media channel under baseless allegations of policy violations, effectively silencing a powerful voice of dissent What followed was a transparent smear campaign by Western media outlets, led by the BBC, aimed at discrediting the creators and justifying the censorship. Their goal was clear: to silence any narrative that dared challenge the official US-Israeli framing of the aggression. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 6 months ago i indeed only found out about that rn permalink fedilink source parent [–] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 38 points 6 months ago (1 child) Look at how many people have been arrested and jailed for saying "From the river to the sea" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 6 months ago yeah the UK is going downhill very quickly and it's evident in how nervously they respond to that saying. permalink fedilink source parent [–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) Yeah, how amazing that I can see anti-US propaganda Lego movies whenever I want. That's what will ignite the revolution that makes our lives better, really some serious dissent that can conceivably lead to real change here. Shitposts and memes about dissent to satiate the mases while all the real political discourse by activists with any real chance of accomplishing anything are censored and criminalised. Look at what happens to journalists objectively covering Iran, Israel, ICE, you name it. Look at how the protestors against oil pipelines or police racial violence are treated. So much freedom of speech for those people. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jankforlife@lemmy.ml 9 points 6 months ago Since when is Iran a western country?? LMBO! Sounds like you just proved their point permalink fedilink source parent [–] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 19 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (7 children) FYI the thing about a central guy in charge has always been a myth, even since Stalin's time: What happens with China is essentially you have local committees for things like small towns and villages, where anyone can run for office. Then those many small councils form the pool of candidates for promotion to larger regional and federal committees, forcing would-be bigwigs to work their way up from the bottom. I believe the DPRK uses a similar system. I hope this hasn't come off as hostile, since I know these conversations can get contentious fast. But you seem like a refreshingly normal person rather than one of the ideologically motivated internet cold warriors we often get around here, so I figured I'd try and add constructively instead of tear down. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 6 months ago But you seem like a refreshingly normal person rather than one of the ideologically motivated internet cold warriors hehe thanks, i try to be. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mlc894@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago Do you have a source for this that isn’t an easily-generatable png? I’m having trouble finding it. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Einskjaldi@lemmy.world -8 points 6 months ago (4 children) But a soviet style system like that is ripe for corruption and nepotism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] m532@lemmy.ml 10 points 6 months ago (2 children) My system is clearly the best, and its a shithole of corruption and nepotism. Therefore all other systems must be even corrupter and nepotister, otherwise my system wouldn't be the best Q.E.D. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Einskjaldi@lemmy.world -2 points 6 months ago (1 child) It's sad that if I literally see ml I assume the truth is inverted. But even then, you assume too much, it's good advice to always assume you're talking to someone smarter than you so you make your argument clear and simple. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] m532@lemmy.ml 1 point 6 months ago Let's try this: The sun is not blue. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 months ago The opposite. From here: Some Background: History conditions much of our thinking about our political systems and most Western democracies resemble Rome’s in 60 BC when, as Robin Daverman humorously says, three aristocrats–politician Julius Caesar, military hero Pompey and billionaire Crassus–formed a backroom alliance that dominated the elected senate. The oligarchs ensured that proletarii votes changed nothing and that the masses remained invisible unless they rioted or died in one of the elites’ endless civil wars. Two thousand years later, in Britain’s general election of 1784, the son of the First Earl of Chatham and Hester Grenville, sister of the previous Prime Minister George Grenville, and the son of the First Baron Holland and Lady Caroline Lennox, daughter of Second Duke of Richmond, offered voters offered a choice of dukes. Today, in many European countries (even egalitarian Sweden) ‘democracy’ is a mere veneer over powerful feudal aristocracies that still control their economies. American voters recently watched a former president’s wife competing with a former president’s brother being defeated by a billionaire who installed his daughter and son-in-law in important government positions and ensured that, as John Dewey said, “U.S. politics will remain the shadow cast on society by big business as long as power resides in business for private profit through private control of banking, land and industry, reinforced by command of the press and other means of propaganda”. Most Western politicians are related by marriage or wealth and have, like all hereditary classes, lost sympathy with the broad mass of their fellow citizens to the extent that, as American political scientists Martin Gilens and Benjamin Page found, ‘the preferences of the average American appear to have a near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy’: Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens permalink fedilink source parent [–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 9 points 6 months ago You know nothing about China's political system except the white-supremacist tropes you've ingested about it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jankforlife@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 months ago (3 children) china gets shit on because they don’t have political freedom; there’s no stuff like “you can speak your mind as long as you’re respectful”. it’s just one committee making all the decisions and you can go to jail for disagreeing. Not even true, common CIA talking point. They don't disagree with their government because 99% of China's citizens are extremely happy with their gov, not because they'll be arrested. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] architect@thelemmy.club -2 points 6 months ago* (2 children) Well that’s impossible. There will always be around a 25% of a population that is not happy with the current state of things. That’s been true for all of history. 99% of people are not happy with their government—ever—unless they (the unhappy ones) are being threatened forced or killed off. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] orc_princess@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 months ago (1 child) Maybe engage with the western sources assessing figures of most Chinese people being happy then? Look at the evidence to see instead of claiming a comically evil government forcing or killing everyone? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] QinShiHuangsShlong@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 months ago The survey team found that compared to public opinion patterns in the U.S., in China there was very high satisfaction with the central government. In 2016, the last year the survey was conducted, 95.5 percent of respondents were either “relatively satisfied” or “highly satisfied” with Beijing. In contrast to these findings, Gallup reported in January of this year that their latest polling on U.S. citizen satisfaction with the American federal government revealed only 38 percent of respondents were satisfied with the federal government. -Harvard Ash Center permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 27 points 6 months ago (9 children) because they don’t have political freedom. there’s no stuff like “you can speak your mind as long as you’re respectful” And the West definitely, absolutely has that permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 9 child comments replies: [–] architect@thelemmy.club -3 points 6 months ago (1 child) To be fair i speak my mind in a disrespectful way daily of the shit stained leader of the usa. They just let me do it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) Lol try actually advocating against him. They let you speak until the instant they think you might change something and have gotten really good at gauging that. permalink fedilink source parent [+] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de -12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (6 children) i mean yeah, literally, look at how the Iranian regime is allowed to post its anti-US propaganda lego movies on Twitter. edit: nvm that was a bad take. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] culprit@lemmy.ml [S] 23 points 6 months ago (1 child) Guess you haven't been following the news lately. Yet just as these creative expressions of national resistance reached peak global influence, YouTube jumped in. The platform suspended the Explosive Media channel under baseless allegations of policy violations, effectively silencing a powerful voice of dissent What followed was a transparent smear campaign by Western media outlets, led by the BBC, aimed at discrediting the creators and justifying the censorship. Their goal was clear: to silence any narrative that dared challenge the official US-Israeli framing of the aggression. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 6 months ago i indeed only found out about that rn permalink fedilink source parent [–] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 38 points 6 months ago (1 child) Look at how many people have been arrested and jailed for saying "From the river to the sea" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 6 months ago yeah the UK is going downhill very quickly and it's evident in how nervously they respond to that saying. permalink fedilink source parent [–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) Yeah, how amazing that I can see anti-US propaganda Lego movies whenever I want. That's what will ignite the revolution that makes our lives better, really some serious dissent that can conceivably lead to real change here. Shitposts and memes about dissent to satiate the mases while all the real political discourse by activists with any real chance of accomplishing anything are censored and criminalised. Look at what happens to journalists objectively covering Iran, Israel, ICE, you name it. Look at how the protestors against oil pipelines or police racial violence are treated. So much freedom of speech for those people. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jankforlife@lemmy.ml 9 points 6 months ago Since when is Iran a western country?? LMBO! Sounds like you just proved their point permalink fedilink source parent
[–] architect@thelemmy.club -3 points 6 months ago (1 child) To be fair i speak my mind in a disrespectful way daily of the shit stained leader of the usa. They just let me do it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) Lol try actually advocating against him. They let you speak until the instant they think you might change something and have gotten really good at gauging that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) Lol try actually advocating against him. They let you speak until the instant they think you might change something and have gotten really good at gauging that. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de -12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (6 children) i mean yeah, literally, look at how the Iranian regime is allowed to post its anti-US propaganda lego movies on Twitter. edit: nvm that was a bad take. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] culprit@lemmy.ml [S] 23 points 6 months ago (1 child) Guess you haven't been following the news lately. Yet just as these creative expressions of national resistance reached peak global influence, YouTube jumped in. The platform suspended the Explosive Media channel under baseless allegations of policy violations, effectively silencing a powerful voice of dissent What followed was a transparent smear campaign by Western media outlets, led by the BBC, aimed at discrediting the creators and justifying the censorship. Their goal was clear: to silence any narrative that dared challenge the official US-Israeli framing of the aggression. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 6 months ago i indeed only found out about that rn permalink fedilink source parent [–] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 38 points 6 months ago (1 child) Look at how many people have been arrested and jailed for saying "From the river to the sea" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 6 months ago yeah the UK is going downhill very quickly and it's evident in how nervously they respond to that saying. permalink fedilink source parent [–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) Yeah, how amazing that I can see anti-US propaganda Lego movies whenever I want. That's what will ignite the revolution that makes our lives better, really some serious dissent that can conceivably lead to real change here. Shitposts and memes about dissent to satiate the mases while all the real political discourse by activists with any real chance of accomplishing anything are censored and criminalised. Look at what happens to journalists objectively covering Iran, Israel, ICE, you name it. Look at how the protestors against oil pipelines or police racial violence are treated. So much freedom of speech for those people. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jankforlife@lemmy.ml 9 points 6 months ago Since when is Iran a western country?? LMBO! Sounds like you just proved their point permalink fedilink source parent
[–] culprit@lemmy.ml [S] 23 points 6 months ago (1 child) Guess you haven't been following the news lately. Yet just as these creative expressions of national resistance reached peak global influence, YouTube jumped in. The platform suspended the Explosive Media channel under baseless allegations of policy violations, effectively silencing a powerful voice of dissent What followed was a transparent smear campaign by Western media outlets, led by the BBC, aimed at discrediting the creators and justifying the censorship. Their goal was clear: to silence any narrative that dared challenge the official US-Israeli framing of the aggression. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 6 months ago i indeed only found out about that rn permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 6 months ago i indeed only found out about that rn permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 38 points 6 months ago (1 child) Look at how many people have been arrested and jailed for saying "From the river to the sea" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 6 months ago yeah the UK is going downhill very quickly and it's evident in how nervously they respond to that saying. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 6 months ago yeah the UK is going downhill very quickly and it's evident in how nervously they respond to that saying. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) Yeah, how amazing that I can see anti-US propaganda Lego movies whenever I want. That's what will ignite the revolution that makes our lives better, really some serious dissent that can conceivably lead to real change here. Shitposts and memes about dissent to satiate the mases while all the real political discourse by activists with any real chance of accomplishing anything are censored and criminalised. Look at what happens to journalists objectively covering Iran, Israel, ICE, you name it. Look at how the protestors against oil pipelines or police racial violence are treated. So much freedom of speech for those people. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jankforlife@lemmy.ml 9 points 6 months ago Since when is Iran a western country?? LMBO! Sounds like you just proved their point permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 19 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (7 children) FYI the thing about a central guy in charge has always been a myth, even since Stalin's time: What happens with China is essentially you have local committees for things like small towns and villages, where anyone can run for office. Then those many small councils form the pool of candidates for promotion to larger regional and federal committees, forcing would-be bigwigs to work their way up from the bottom. I believe the DPRK uses a similar system. I hope this hasn't come off as hostile, since I know these conversations can get contentious fast. But you seem like a refreshingly normal person rather than one of the ideologically motivated internet cold warriors we often get around here, so I figured I'd try and add constructively instead of tear down. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 6 months ago But you seem like a refreshingly normal person rather than one of the ideologically motivated internet cold warriors hehe thanks, i try to be. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mlc894@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago Do you have a source for this that isn’t an easily-generatable png? I’m having trouble finding it. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Einskjaldi@lemmy.world -8 points 6 months ago (4 children) But a soviet style system like that is ripe for corruption and nepotism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] m532@lemmy.ml 10 points 6 months ago (2 children) My system is clearly the best, and its a shithole of corruption and nepotism. Therefore all other systems must be even corrupter and nepotister, otherwise my system wouldn't be the best Q.E.D. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Einskjaldi@lemmy.world -2 points 6 months ago (1 child) It's sad that if I literally see ml I assume the truth is inverted. But even then, you assume too much, it's good advice to always assume you're talking to someone smarter than you so you make your argument clear and simple. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] m532@lemmy.ml 1 point 6 months ago Let's try this: The sun is not blue. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 months ago The opposite. From here: Some Background: History conditions much of our thinking about our political systems and most Western democracies resemble Rome’s in 60 BC when, as Robin Daverman humorously says, three aristocrats–politician Julius Caesar, military hero Pompey and billionaire Crassus–formed a backroom alliance that dominated the elected senate. The oligarchs ensured that proletarii votes changed nothing and that the masses remained invisible unless they rioted or died in one of the elites’ endless civil wars. Two thousand years later, in Britain’s general election of 1784, the son of the First Earl of Chatham and Hester Grenville, sister of the previous Prime Minister George Grenville, and the son of the First Baron Holland and Lady Caroline Lennox, daughter of Second Duke of Richmond, offered voters offered a choice of dukes. Today, in many European countries (even egalitarian Sweden) ‘democracy’ is a mere veneer over powerful feudal aristocracies that still control their economies. American voters recently watched a former president’s wife competing with a former president’s brother being defeated by a billionaire who installed his daughter and son-in-law in important government positions and ensured that, as John Dewey said, “U.S. politics will remain the shadow cast on society by big business as long as power resides in business for private profit through private control of banking, land and industry, reinforced by command of the press and other means of propaganda”. Most Western politicians are related by marriage or wealth and have, like all hereditary classes, lost sympathy with the broad mass of their fellow citizens to the extent that, as American political scientists Martin Gilens and Benjamin Page found, ‘the preferences of the average American appear to have a near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy’: Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 6 months ago But you seem like a refreshingly normal person rather than one of the ideologically motivated internet cold warriors hehe thanks, i try to be. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mlc894@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago Do you have a source for this that isn’t an easily-generatable png? I’m having trouble finding it. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Einskjaldi@lemmy.world -8 points 6 months ago (4 children) But a soviet style system like that is ripe for corruption and nepotism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] m532@lemmy.ml 10 points 6 months ago (2 children) My system is clearly the best, and its a shithole of corruption and nepotism. Therefore all other systems must be even corrupter and nepotister, otherwise my system wouldn't be the best Q.E.D. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Einskjaldi@lemmy.world -2 points 6 months ago (1 child) It's sad that if I literally see ml I assume the truth is inverted. But even then, you assume too much, it's good advice to always assume you're talking to someone smarter than you so you make your argument clear and simple. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] m532@lemmy.ml 1 point 6 months ago Let's try this: The sun is not blue. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 months ago The opposite. From here: Some Background: History conditions much of our thinking about our political systems and most Western democracies resemble Rome’s in 60 BC when, as Robin Daverman humorously says, three aristocrats–politician Julius Caesar, military hero Pompey and billionaire Crassus–formed a backroom alliance that dominated the elected senate. The oligarchs ensured that proletarii votes changed nothing and that the masses remained invisible unless they rioted or died in one of the elites’ endless civil wars. Two thousand years later, in Britain’s general election of 1784, the son of the First Earl of Chatham and Hester Grenville, sister of the previous Prime Minister George Grenville, and the son of the First Baron Holland and Lady Caroline Lennox, daughter of Second Duke of Richmond, offered voters offered a choice of dukes. Today, in many European countries (even egalitarian Sweden) ‘democracy’ is a mere veneer over powerful feudal aristocracies that still control their economies. American voters recently watched a former president’s wife competing with a former president’s brother being defeated by a billionaire who installed his daughter and son-in-law in important government positions and ensured that, as John Dewey said, “U.S. politics will remain the shadow cast on society by big business as long as power resides in business for private profit through private control of banking, land and industry, reinforced by command of the press and other means of propaganda”. Most Western politicians are related by marriage or wealth and have, like all hereditary classes, lost sympathy with the broad mass of their fellow citizens to the extent that, as American political scientists Martin Gilens and Benjamin Page found, ‘the preferences of the average American appear to have a near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy’: Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens permalink fedilink source parent
[–] m532@lemmy.ml 10 points 6 months ago (2 children) My system is clearly the best, and its a shithole of corruption and nepotism. Therefore all other systems must be even corrupter and nepotister, otherwise my system wouldn't be the best Q.E.D. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Einskjaldi@lemmy.world -2 points 6 months ago (1 child) It's sad that if I literally see ml I assume the truth is inverted. But even then, you assume too much, it's good advice to always assume you're talking to someone smarter than you so you make your argument clear and simple. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] m532@lemmy.ml 1 point 6 months ago Let's try this: The sun is not blue. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Einskjaldi@lemmy.world -2 points 6 months ago (1 child) It's sad that if I literally see ml I assume the truth is inverted. But even then, you assume too much, it's good advice to always assume you're talking to someone smarter than you so you make your argument clear and simple. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] m532@lemmy.ml 1 point 6 months ago Let's try this: The sun is not blue. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] m532@lemmy.ml 1 point 6 months ago Let's try this: The sun is not blue. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 months ago The opposite. From here: Some Background: History conditions much of our thinking about our political systems and most Western democracies resemble Rome’s in 60 BC when, as Robin Daverman humorously says, three aristocrats–politician Julius Caesar, military hero Pompey and billionaire Crassus–formed a backroom alliance that dominated the elected senate. The oligarchs ensured that proletarii votes changed nothing and that the masses remained invisible unless they rioted or died in one of the elites’ endless civil wars. Two thousand years later, in Britain’s general election of 1784, the son of the First Earl of Chatham and Hester Grenville, sister of the previous Prime Minister George Grenville, and the son of the First Baron Holland and Lady Caroline Lennox, daughter of Second Duke of Richmond, offered voters offered a choice of dukes. Today, in many European countries (even egalitarian Sweden) ‘democracy’ is a mere veneer over powerful feudal aristocracies that still control their economies. American voters recently watched a former president’s wife competing with a former president’s brother being defeated by a billionaire who installed his daughter and son-in-law in important government positions and ensured that, as John Dewey said, “U.S. politics will remain the shadow cast on society by big business as long as power resides in business for private profit through private control of banking, land and industry, reinforced by command of the press and other means of propaganda”. Most Western politicians are related by marriage or wealth and have, like all hereditary classes, lost sympathy with the broad mass of their fellow citizens to the extent that, as American political scientists Martin Gilens and Benjamin Page found, ‘the preferences of the average American appear to have a near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy’: Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 9 points 6 months ago You know nothing about China's political system except the white-supremacist tropes you've ingested about it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jankforlife@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 months ago (3 children) china gets shit on because they don’t have political freedom; there’s no stuff like “you can speak your mind as long as you’re respectful”. it’s just one committee making all the decisions and you can go to jail for disagreeing. Not even true, common CIA talking point. They don't disagree with their government because 99% of China's citizens are extremely happy with their gov, not because they'll be arrested. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] architect@thelemmy.club -2 points 6 months ago* (2 children) Well that’s impossible. There will always be around a 25% of a population that is not happy with the current state of things. That’s been true for all of history. 99% of people are not happy with their government—ever—unless they (the unhappy ones) are being threatened forced or killed off. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] orc_princess@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 months ago (1 child) Maybe engage with the western sources assessing figures of most Chinese people being happy then? Look at the evidence to see instead of claiming a comically evil government forcing or killing everyone? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] QinShiHuangsShlong@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 months ago The survey team found that compared to public opinion patterns in the U.S., in China there was very high satisfaction with the central government. In 2016, the last year the survey was conducted, 95.5 percent of respondents were either “relatively satisfied” or “highly satisfied” with Beijing. In contrast to these findings, Gallup reported in January of this year that their latest polling on U.S. citizen satisfaction with the American federal government revealed only 38 percent of respondents were satisfied with the federal government. -Harvard Ash Center permalink fedilink source parent
[–] architect@thelemmy.club -2 points 6 months ago* (2 children) Well that’s impossible. There will always be around a 25% of a population that is not happy with the current state of things. That’s been true for all of history. 99% of people are not happy with their government—ever—unless they (the unhappy ones) are being threatened forced or killed off. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] orc_princess@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 months ago (1 child) Maybe engage with the western sources assessing figures of most Chinese people being happy then? Look at the evidence to see instead of claiming a comically evil government forcing or killing everyone? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] QinShiHuangsShlong@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 months ago The survey team found that compared to public opinion patterns in the U.S., in China there was very high satisfaction with the central government. In 2016, the last year the survey was conducted, 95.5 percent of respondents were either “relatively satisfied” or “highly satisfied” with Beijing. In contrast to these findings, Gallup reported in January of this year that their latest polling on U.S. citizen satisfaction with the American federal government revealed only 38 percent of respondents were satisfied with the federal government. -Harvard Ash Center permalink fedilink source parent
[–] orc_princess@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 months ago (1 child) Maybe engage with the western sources assessing figures of most Chinese people being happy then? Look at the evidence to see instead of claiming a comically evil government forcing or killing everyone? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] QinShiHuangsShlong@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 months ago The survey team found that compared to public opinion patterns in the U.S., in China there was very high satisfaction with the central government. In 2016, the last year the survey was conducted, 95.5 percent of respondents were either “relatively satisfied” or “highly satisfied” with Beijing. In contrast to these findings, Gallup reported in January of this year that their latest polling on U.S. citizen satisfaction with the American federal government revealed only 38 percent of respondents were satisfied with the federal government. -Harvard Ash Center permalink fedilink source parent
[–] QinShiHuangsShlong@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 months ago The survey team found that compared to public opinion patterns in the U.S., in China there was very high satisfaction with the central government. In 2016, the last year the survey was conducted, 95.5 percent of respondents were either “relatively satisfied” or “highly satisfied” with Beijing. In contrast to these findings, Gallup reported in January of this year that their latest polling on U.S. citizen satisfaction with the American federal government revealed only 38 percent of respondents were satisfied with the federal government. -Harvard Ash Center permalink fedilink source parent