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Re:Singapore Urges U.S. to Accept China's Rise, Spare Other ... by nailer on Thursday May 16, 2019 @06:20AM (#19927659)
Saying the people of China have 'chosen not to choose' is bizarre and disingenuous - you are twisting the notion of freedom to imply Chinese people have chosen not to be free. The Chinese people have never in recent memory chosen the Chinese communist party to represent them exclusively.
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Re:Singapore Urges U.S. to Accept China's Rise, Spare Other ... by ptah on Thursday May 16, 2019 @08:39AM (#19928365)
as opposed to the illusion of choice provided in de facto two party "democracies"?
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Re:Singapore Urges U.S. to Accept China's Rise, Spare Other ... by nailer on Thursday May 16, 2019 @08:45AM (#19928416)
Yes, there's a world of difference between being able to choose from one option or 2.

As to the choice being an illusion because two parties often rule: tell that to the Whigs (one of the two parties that no longer exists in the UK), or to anyone that's held a balance of power in a coalition government.

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Re:Singapore Urges U.S. to Accept China's Rise, Spare Other ... by notfromhere on Thursday May 16, 2019 @10:16AM (#19929256)
one imprisons you for political dissent, one doesn't. "both sides are the same" is intellectually lazy.
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Re:Singapore Urges U.S. to Accept China's Rise, Spare Other ... by nailer on Thursday May 16, 2019 @10:11AM (#19929208)
Xi Jinping has no mandate to rule.
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