• ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    We can see how the electoral college votes, just as we can see that China's elections are a sham. Loyalty to Xi is the only thing that matters in Chinese politics now.

    • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      We can see how the electoral college votes, hence why I wasn't worried about asserting that it just hands the votes to the other guy half the time, because if you are going to have a popular vote anyway, there's not much cause to just tip the scales in the direction of land owners unless you were against democracy.

      Have you ever made the slightest effort to investigate China's elections? Or do you just believe what the western press tells you about them? There's that saying that there is no need to burn books if you can just persuade people not to read them and we have here a demonstration why.

      • ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        1 year ago

        The electoral college is one of the flaws I would like to see fixed. We should abolish the electoral college. It disproportionally benefits Republicans because they control more land, as you said. Representative democracy is supposed to represent the majority of people not a minority.

        I read a variety of what the free press has to offer about China. Xi has clearly consolidated power around him. It's not a secret.

        • autismdragon [he/him, they/them]
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          1 year ago

          free press

          A press thats 100% controlled by the capitalist class and expresses their interests cannot reasonably be described as free.

            • autismdragon [he/him, they/them]
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              1 year ago

              Non-profit does not mean its not run by capitalist interest

              While the Sandler Foundation provided ProPublica with significant financial support, it also has received funding from the Knight Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Pew Charitable Trusts, Ford Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation, and the Atlantic Philanthropies.

              Ford Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation

                • autismdragon [he/him, they/them]
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                  1 year ago

                  Can't find anything about funding right now, and I'm tired. But I do know they routinely publish articles inconsistent with the values of their namesake.

                  But I need to go to bed. Ive been doing this all day.

                  • ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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                    1 year ago

                    I don't see why you feel the need to be so picky. Any story can be cross referenced from multiple sources. Regardless, we can always argue later. Please get sleep. =)