• perestroika@slrpnk.netEnglish
        13·
        4 months ago

        That’s not an honest comparison.

        You have chosen the police-reported number of protesters (338 K) instead of 2 M reported by other sources.

        You have also made a false comparison between Hong Kong (~10 M people) and the entire population of China. I recommend to use percentages. Up to 20% of the local population showed up to protest. More were dissatisfied.

        What number of Chinese would show up to protest if a hot topic would appear and the regime would seem weak for a moment, is unknown.

        • yunxiaoli@sh.itjust.worksBannedEnglish
          2·
          4 months ago

          So you said all that to say they’re the minority and didn’t have enough members to vote, so we should listen to said minority because they protested not getting their way because they didn’t represent the majority viewpoint.

          That’s called tyranny, little one. China is a democracy. You have a problem, get educated, run for office and get voted in. If your problem is widespread then you’ll have no problem winning an election on it.

          • perestroika@slrpnk.netEnglish
            2·
            4 months ago

            China is a democracy.

            Yes, the Republic of China appears to be a democracy.

            About the People’s Republic of China, we can read in Wikipedia:

            A movement for increased democracy and liberalization stalled after the Tiananmen Square protests and massacre in 1989.

            So, we read that democracy never came.

            China is a unitary one-party socialist republic led by the CCP.

            So, we read that only one party is allowed to exist and rule. We also read about CCP propaganda, which I think you have consumed too much:

            The PRC officially terms itself as a democracy, using terms such as “socialist consultative democracy”,[186] and “whole-process people’s democracy”.[187] However, the country is commonly described as an authoritarian one-party state and a dictatorship,[188][189] with among the heaviest restrictions worldwide in many areas, most notably against freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, free formation of social organizations, freedom of religion and free access to the Internet.[190]

            I should note that according to its own words, the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) is also a “democracy”, even if its passing of power among the Kim family resembles a hereditary monarchy. If you take words and slogans at their face value, you’ll be easily mislead.

            P.S.

            little one

            Don’t troll. Also, don’t spread disinformation.