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Re:China Moon Mission: Aiming for 2030 Lunar Landing by adventured on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @04:25PM (#46877513)
Trump was elected by the people of the United States. Twice. Soundly. Not a dictator.

Xi was never elected to his position by the people of China.

Being a bad president isn't the same thing as being a dictator.

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Re:China Moon Mission: Aiming for 2030 Lunar Landing by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @04:37PM (#46877651)
> Trump was elected by the people of the United States. Twice. Soundly. Not a dictator

Trump is not a dictator, but not because he was elected, but because of our courts and federal system (and theoretically Congress).

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Re:China Moon Mission: Aiming for 2030 Lunar Landing by subw00f on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @10:16AM (#46886853)
Your mistake is to confuse universal suffrage and democracy. Neither of which really exists in the US, btw.
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