Honestly I think the thing that really broke the dam for me was learning how China's government is actually structured. Once I realized it wasn't the "authoritarian dictatorship" I was led to believe, but was in fact at least as democratic as the US, and probably more so inasmuch as ordinary people have a say in government, I found it hard to believe anything coming from Western media on the subject.
same with NK. i mean yes it's problematic to have a hereditary commander-in-chief but it's a perfectly natural response to generations of national trauma. blew my mind when i learned they have a multi-party congress.
of course go to wikipedia and suddenly every socialist state's legislature is just for "rubber stamping" despite being far more accountable to the populace then any western "democratic" institutions.
Honestly I think the thing that really broke the dam for me was learning how China's government is actually structured. Once I realized it wasn't the "authoritarian dictatorship" I was led to believe, but was in fact at least as democratic as the US, and probably more so inasmuch as ordinary people have a say in government, I found it hard to believe anything coming from Western media on the subject.
same with NK. i mean yes it's problematic to have a hereditary commander-in-chief but it's a perfectly natural response to generations of national trauma. blew my mind when i learned they have a multi-party congress.
of course go to wikipedia and suddenly every socialist state's legislature is just for "rubber stamping" despite being far more accountable to the populace then any western "democratic" institutions.
pure projection strikes again