• ☂️-@lemmy.ml
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    7 hours ago

    we do. those just get bombed away a lot of the time they pop up.

    or explained away as a brutal undemocratic regime or something.

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      5 hours ago

      Would be harder to explain it away if they weren’t brutal undemocratic regimes though

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        33 minutes ago

        Would be harder to explain it away if they weren’t brutal undemocratic regimes though

        They aren’t though.

        Cuba passed a new constitution by referendum in 2019 with 90%+ in favor.

        A common perspective I’ve heard here in Vietnam is “socialism means the government has to represent everyone”. (Another common perspective is that the party is openly corrupt and not meaningfully democratic, but those typically aren’t held by the same people)

        Most every Chinese would tell you 1. Democracy is important. 2. The CPC represents my views via democracy.

      • ☂️-@lemmy.ml
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        1 hour ago

        don’t be silly. the most brutal and undemocratic country in the world is the us.