• ekZepp@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    The European Union, commonly known as the EU, is a partnership of ‘democratic’ countries that work together for shared political and economic benefit. All member states are bound by treaties that set out the rules and principles of how they will work together.

    China, officially the People’s Republic of China, is a country in East Asia. It is not a democracy; it is a one-party state governed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which does not allow for free elections or multi-party politics.

    • 𞋴𝛂𝛋𝛆@lemmy.world
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      5 hours ago

      Democracy is predicated on the Citizens that have a right to all information sources, the right to skepticism, the right to error, and the right to dissent in all nonviolent forms.

      The right to information, skepticism, and to error, is the right to communicate freely, albeit directly, public commons, or press.

      The right to dissent, is the right to offend when it does not cause substantive harm to others.

      Calling it a Democracy, while destroying the foundations is spurious nonsense. No one will make you a slave in name: “You will own nothing, and you will be happy about it.” They redefine the word Citizen to be functionally equivalent.