"I don't trust you!" But they trust whatever NSA-agent looking at their private photos not to save anything for later..

Consciousness obviously, being self aware maybe not

Ok, so the communist party says who can be in the Nation Assembly. The communist party sits on all the political power just by having the power over appointment. There are no free candidacy for the national assembly, effectively aggregating all power to themselves making them the de facto ruling class. See the issue?

This obviously doesn't mean that I support the sanctions and you are intentionally misleading in saying so.

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Of course there's a difference with seeing something from an objective viewpoint and agreeing or disagreeing with it?

Jan 6 movement is the coup attempt right?

That is a view I disagre with. Arresting peaceful protestors is always undemocratic.

Well you claimed that sanctions always are meant as a collective punishment?

That is not entirely true. It depends on the kinds of sanctions. This is why modern sanctions have shifted from punishing the citizens in hope of them rising against the regime to pin targeting the leaders and the ruling class.

The catastrophe and starvation in Iraq (I think it was Iraq) changed how sanctions were used.

No that sounds reasonable. I know that there are plenty of states that have the president/government appoint judges to the high court. It can definitely pose a democratic problem but not necessarily. Do you know if the ruling party can dismiss them or replace them at will?

I do agree that the original idea behind the sanctions are despicable but if another country would impose sanctions based on the current reasoning, it's a sound reason. I wholedhartly agree with the rest of the world being honorary cowards though, it's extremely apparent when viewed in the light of Israel's genocide against the Palestinians.

Sure it was. It diverted after the 70's though. Any word in particular you think I don't get the meaning of?

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Alright, what do you request a source for? Can't say I'm surprised at others not agreeing in a discussion. Do you usually get surprised by that?

How so?

You could probably understand the reasoning if you read the rest of the thread. What kind of compensation do you have in mind?

Can't say I would have objected against sanctions against Nazi Germany. Does that suffice?

Please cite me where I state that I support this policy?

? The current Nordic model is hardly socialist, just a welfare model. But in the 60's it was on its way to eradicate the bourgeoisie and lift the under class in its entirety?

Didn't know it was a meme lol, what is it about?

Is the juridical system in Japan dependant of the ruling power? That does indeed sound authoritarian. Controlling the legislative and executive power isn't unequal in itself, if it was achieved by free and fair elections with the possibility of being shifted in the next election.

Indeed. But they can very well still do so if they want. Being sanctioned in return by the US would probably prove disastrous to anyone doing so, but enough went together and did they could challenge the US hegemony. United are we strong! This shifts the question of responsibility the rest of the world instead.

But how democratic is the process really if there's no platform to voice different opinions (not saying that once a decision is reach not everyone should adhere it) and to form an independent opinion? It's agree with us or else.

I can't say I know how many of the Cubans are party members but I guess it's not a majority of the population? And that's what I mean when I say that the political power is aggregated to the party. Even if there was a free debate inside the party they still don't allow competition for the power, just like the income or wealth limitations functioned to keep the proletariat away from power in the early days of democracy.

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