This is utter nonsense.

Democracy is the idea that people should control their government. The CCP's (and Putin's) notion of "democracy" is something along the lines of "as long as the government controls the people, the people can decide".

Democracy may be a spectrum but China isn't on it, neither in practice nor in spirit. If you have to control the media and prevent free discussion, you aren't practicing democracy.

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tw1984 2 days ago | parent [-]

> Democracy is the idea that people should control their government.

who started the recent war with Iran and war in Vietnam? did those wars started by American people? did those wars got approved by the people of America or their elected representatives?

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stickfigure 2 days ago | parent [-]

> their elected representatives

Yes? The US president is elected, and while you or I might the system would be better if presidents didn't have quite so much authority... we know the system works this way when we vote.

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		"The Congress shall have Power ... To declare War" -The Constitution of the United States, Article I, Section 8. https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-transcri...