Democracy under the CCP
According to the Straits Times, the CCP says it is imperative they stay in power in order for the Chinese people to fully enjoy democracy (with its own characteristics).
Total cognitive dissonance aside, why stick to the word ‘democracy’ when it is clearly not workable in a CCP-led China? Is it merely to keep the rest of the world under the mistaken belief that they are sincerely working toward a government of the people, by the people? I’m not saying that the CCP should issue white papers saying they support totalitarianism or authoritarianism or whatever-ism because that is the only way they can cling to power, but why not be more honest and say democracy as we see it is not suitable for China?
(This, again, is not to say that I support the current state of affairs. It’s just the way it is, and I do think the democratic ideal we aspire to is nigh impossible to achieve in a country the size of China. A workable alternative must be sought.)
Update: the link to the white paper (via Simon World), titled Building of Political Democracy in China, was published in the People’s Daily. More cognitive dissonance! What in God’s name is a ‘democratic dictatorship’?
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If it is the middle kingdom it must have a king, yes?
or millions of little emperor(esses)s….
Heehee. Except they do not believe in thr monarchy either, eh? Communism and all that.
It’s a funny system. It’s not Communism as Marx conceived it and I agree with your friend. For thousands of years, they have had an Emperor that held absolute power so the current system may have something to do with that.
Or Mao was just a megalomaniac.
Jean, it’s me uncle that posted the first comment. And I think it’s your latter theory that holds more water!!
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