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China courts Germany's far-right populist AfD (www.dw.com)

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[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

President for life doesn't sound democratic.

[-] brain_in_a_box@hexbear.net 41 points 1 year ago

What's that got to do with China?

[-] 420blazeit69@hexbear.net 34 points 1 year ago

Oh I think he's talking about FDR, the most popular president in U.S. history and one consistently ranked amongst the best

[-] YaaAsantewaa@lemmy.blahaj.zone -2 points 1 year ago

Unlike in China, the people here actually have the right to vote. That right does not exist in China

[-] brain_in_a_box@hexbear.net 43 points 1 year ago

What are you talking about? Of course the people in China have a right to vote.

Honestly, how did you come to be so confidently incorrect about this? You would have to have done no research at all to think the people of China don't vote, but a normal person who has done no research about a subject will have the humility not to assume they know what they're talking about.

[-] GaveUp@hexbear.net 40 points 1 year ago

It's okay to admit you don't know something. Like the other person said, Chinese people can vote

Learn yourself so that you can make informed opinions

It's better to have no knowledge than negative knowledge (knowing "facts" that are completely wrong because of a gut feeling assumption rather than any evidence or research)