News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Dreams of a Red Emperor: The Relentless Rise of Xi Jinping. Parent comment

Re:Dreams of a Red Emperor: The Relentless Rise of Xi Jinping by zepto on Friday October 23, 2020 @04:41PM (#24873883)
What? The US wasn’t the only country with democracy before World War 2.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Dreams of a Red Emperor: The Relentless Rise of Xi Jinping by landryraccoon on Friday October 23, 2020 @05:29PM (#24874413)
There have been democracies since the ancient era.

I'm saying that before World War 2 you wouldn't generally consider Democracy to be the default paradigm for how nations were governed.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Dreams of a Red Emperor: The Relentless Rise of Xi Jinping by zepto on Friday October 23, 2020 @06:54PM (#24875220)
That’s reasonable, but I don’t think it’s fair to say everyone else just emulated he US.

There were many other democracies, and pro-democracy movements that preceded WW2 and had nothing to do with the US.

[ Parent | on HN ]