[ohjimny]

> 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?

[lenerdenator]

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.