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by ohjimny 509 days ago
I find it hard to empathize with your views that American political life is healthy and democratic, and China is corrupt and stagnant.

American imprisons 10 times as many of its citizens than PRC. Most of these people are imprisoned for ideological crimes ("Protestant norms say that you should not intoxicate yourself") or political crimes ("our system holds that no one is entitled to the necessities of human life").
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lenerdenator 509 days ago
> I find it hard to empathize with your views that American political life is healthy and democratic

Did I say that the US has a healthy and democratic political life?

Of course the US has its problems. Just look at the government now.

It's just not a constitutionally-defined single-party totalitarian state.

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ohjimny 509 days ago
> It's just not a constitutionally-defined single-party totalitarian state.

Why is this specific thing worse than a similar way of describing the US system?

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lenerdenator 509 days ago
Because the similar way of describing the US system is fundamentally untrue. There is no part of the US Constitution that specifies, by name, which party shall rule.

Could that change? Sure. Especially with so many people apathetic to what happens in China.

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