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I like world leaders who don't die during their second term.

  • RamrodBaguette [comrade/them, he/him]
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    2 years ago

    "Absolute power corrupts absolutely" sweaty! I read it in a book once and it sounds simple enough! And being the President for any country must mean you get to decide everything!

    • AssadCurse [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      A democracy re-electing a popular leader who protects their interests: tyranny

      A small council of unelected judicial freaks appointed for life that have absolute power with no recourse: democracy

      • TheGamingLuddite [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        The lib reactions to Italian fascists winning an election with a minority of votes vs Cuba voting in by a wide majority the most progressive laws on LGBT rights of any country, which happened around the same time, tell you everything you need to know about them.

      • RamrodBaguette [comrade/them, he/him]
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        2 years ago

        I remember one "criticism" levied at China was that Xi Jinping isn't actually directly elected, therefore tyranny.

        When you don't directly elect the leader but instead a series of representatives who elect the leader: :wojak-nooo:

        When you don't directly elect the leader but instead a series of representatives who elect the leader, but country is majority white and there are two nominally opposed parties. :so-true:

        • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]M
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          2 years ago

          I remember one “criticism” levied at China was that Xi Jinping isn’t actually directly elected, therefore tyranny.

          I hear this shit sometimes here in Canada, as well. You remind people that that's how the prime minister works too, and their heads explode.

          • AssadCurse [none/use name]
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            2 years ago

            Or how Supreme Court justices are appointed… or how Senators and Governors used to be appointed… or how laws are passed

    • Grimble [he/him,they/them]
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      2 years ago

      being the President for any country must mean you get to decide everything!

      Which is fine in america, obviously, because they Just Know Better than the rest of us. How else would they be President?