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  • CascadeOfLight [he/him]
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    4 months ago
    Cope,

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    cope,

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    cope

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    about it you ignorant racist imperial peon.

    Chinese people feel both that their country is more democratic, and that democracy is more important than USians do.

    And they're right

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    Because in the US, the average person's support for a policy has NO EFFECT on how likely it is to be passed, whereas the opinions of the ultra-wealthy are basically already law.

    • davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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      4 months ago

      A lot of people are saying…

      [Princeton & Northwestern] Study: US is an oligarchy, not a democracy

      The US is dominated by a rich and powerful elite.

      So concludes a recent study, external by Princeton University Prof Martin Gilens and Northwestern University Prof Benjamin I Page.

      This is not news, you say.

      Perhaps, but the two professors have conducted exhaustive research to try to present data-driven support for this conclusion. Here's how they explain it:

      Multivariate analysis indicates that economic elites and organised groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on US government policy, while average citizens and mass-based interest groups have little or no independent influence.

      In English: the wealthy few move policy, while the average American has little power.

    • g7s@lemmy.ml
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      4 months ago

      Oh… My wife is Chinese, she agrees with me. My child is half Chinese.. So, all I am saying is, that there are Chinese who believe differently. Mostly the ones, who have seen the outside world.

      Maybe you should grow up :)