Biden labels China’s Xi Jinping a dictator (www.politico.com)

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[-] vintageballs@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

I mean, yeah, he is a dictator. How is this news?

[-] AlgeriaWorblebot@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

I understand it to be geopolitically significant. Biden, head of state for a big country. Xi, head of state for another big country. China's made it known they don't want Xi called a dictator. Biden's done it anyway.

It's the scale of the thing that matters here. It's a political statement of gravity. He's calling any bluff they've got going, and demonstrating that the USA doesn't respect China enough to use their preferred nomenclature. It's a calculated insult and a challenge.

[-] orbit@beehaw.org -1 points 2 years ago

A challenge yes, but hard to see as an insult by the audience as while the term isn't flattering in a modern context it's closer to how Xi has aligned himself.

[-] cyd@vlemmy.net -2 points 2 years ago

It's a calculated insult and a challenge.

Occam's Razor says that Biden, a famously gaffe-prone politician, simply made a gaffe.

[-] 133arc585@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This is just a replay of the "Oh He's Just An Innocent Idiot" nonsense that was so popular around George Bush. People would say he's an idiot and that he didn't realize what he was doing, and that got him off the hook for the absolute atrocities he committed against not only the people of several countries around the world but also against the people of his own country. Don't give Biden the same treatment; don't let him off easy.

If it was a mistake, it's not a minor one; major "mistakes" like this warrant corrections after the fact, either from Biden directly or from White House communications. Since he hasn't corrected it, it's safe to assume it was intended.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

This statement was made at a private fund raising event, but the white house intentionally chose to publish it. This isn't a gaffle.

[-] ramenbellic@midwest.social -2 points 2 years ago

Despite the fact that China is one of the world’s most effective democracies – this label from Biden is bad for international relations and peace. The Cold War is in full effect, and it heating up to armed conflict is seeming more likely over the next decade.

[-] Aesthesiaphilia@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

one of the world’s most effective democracies

Oh, honey

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago

The same imbeciles who think China is a dictatorship think that US is a democracy. 😂

[-] InverseParallax@voyager.lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Despite the fact that China is one of the world’s most effective democracies –

What. The. Fuck?!?!?!

How is a 1 party regime where the current ruler has already broken his term limit to illegally keep power indefinitely, and the party in power decides who is allowed to run, a democracy?

Oh wait, this is just changing words so war is peace, freedom is slavery again.