By no definition of fascism is China fascist. Reread your Eco.

The government is the people. A fifth of the Chinese public are cpc members. It costs nothing to join, there are no requirements besides being a citizen and not being a convicted traitor. Anyone can join and start voting and participating.

And again, no, it’s not a different system. I get that you’re angry you’ll never own your home in the US, whereas 92% of Chinese adults over 21 own their own home, but that doesn’t change reality. The ‘lease’ is that your land is under the Chinese government, not the US government or Russians government, and thus subject to the laws in China and can be revoked if you use your land in a revolution against China.

Every single country on earth has this clause. Every single one. China assigns it per deed, rather than an overarching law, because of the autonomous districts that have different leases, like Tibet or Xinjiang.

Those not working to dismantle fascism are fascists.

…the ‘lease’ is that you don’t own it independent of the government, as in despite owning the land you’re not your own country. You’ll find this in every country, except in China it’s spelled out. It has an expiration since, you know, China tends to reform itself over time. None have expired, and right now under current law none of them can expire, they are automatically renewed to the owner at the time of expiry, with the assumption the owner isn’t going to commit treason.

Like the ‘social credit score’ nonsense you people made up, it’s a gross misinterpretation of reality that you believe because you fundamentally believe Chinese people are different than you.

Political power is enabled by the barrel of a gun; and the belief in said power.

If either of these fail for a political institution, and no one with a gun restores it, then it simply no longer applies.

If you want your constitution to matter, [censored by .world global rules]; I mean convince the people with guns that you’re right.

Can you reply in some manner that’s close to the conversation we were having?

Using comparisons to make a point is not whataboubtism, Mr. Shapiro.

I’m sorry how long until Clinton 2028 is announced? Anyway xi has genuine party support, given, you know, his policy guidance has allowed China to surpass the us’ GDP while increasing the quality of life for citizens at all strata more than any other country in the same time period. That’s without bringing up his push for high speed rail, which has allowed more rail to be laid in the last 15 years than the EU and US have in total, combined. Or the green energy mandates which have out paced the entire rest of the world combined…

Successful leaders like xi tend to get reelected.

Sure, the kakistocracy of the US can be called an oppressive democracy since only the rich vote on legislation, but that’s different from the peoples parliament which allows anyone to join and have power.

…how do you think people get in power in China, given there are no familial dynasties like the US?

…given China is an open socialist democracy, no, no you can’t.

Anyone can run for office, anyone can get power.

No, no it’s not.

What in the massive misinformation clusterfuck is happening in your brain?

We, in fact, do own land. We just have an explicit contract with our government vs the implicit one people in the US have. Look into imminent domain seizures in the US.

You cannot be on the side of the people of China, and claim China has an oppressive government.

The one that raised the standard of living for more people, produces more green energy than the other, the one that has a worker lead democracy, the one that doesn’t pretend they have ever been the greatest country, the one that does exclusively produce countries with school shooters…

Sure, except in this case one isn’t.

The model has no censorship. Some websites running the model are hosted in China and thus do. Use one of the thousands of instances that run out of the US or run it yourself. It’s not like chatgpt or other openai trash, it’s system requirements are pretty low.

Liberal democracy proudly caused the trail of tears.

Don’t spread CIA lies, don’t lessen the seriousness of politics. Worked out better for the average Chinese citizen than whatever the fuck the US has been doing.

It’s not solely about pay, but also what your work is used for. It makes sense you don’t understand this if you’ve never created anything, artwise or otherwise. If I draw a picture I control who displays that picture and for what purpose. If someone I don’t like uses that picture without permission it reflects poorly on me, and destroys my rights.

The easy example is an art piece by a Holocaust survivor being used by a neonazi without permission.

Now imagine you steal tens of millions of artists work. You know for a fact you don’t have the licenses needed to ensure their work is used to their liking.