Totally a democracy. I asked my relative in China the last time they voted for representatives, they were like “what?” Apparantly they believe it’s a “Democracy” as long as the government listens to the will of the people, but to them, “Democracy” doesn’t necessary have to be “one person, one vote”. So technically, by that definition, they’d be correct that China is a “Democracy”. Even though most of us living in Democracies with elections, that would not be considered Democracy. If you just adjust the definitions of words, anything can be true.
They’re so wrong they’re accidentally right. Democracy is not the process of voting, else the DPRK would be a democracy. Democracy is a culture, and must take many forms to manifest itself. It’s the fair elections, yes, but it’s also the social dialogue, free press, freedom of speech, freedom to assemble, independent judiciary, human rights, etc. It’s the shared belief in and willingness to uphold the ultimate sovereignty of the people, for the people.
Their example involves elected representatives? It sounds like they are saying democracy is elections plus more, which I would agree with. Elections are necessary but not sufficient for democracy.
Totally a democracy. I asked my relative in China the last time they voted for representatives, they were like “what?” Apparantly they believe it’s a “Democracy” as long as the government listens to the will of the people, but to them, “Democracy” doesn’t necessary have to be “one person, one vote”. So technically, by that definition, they’d be correct that China is a “Democracy”. Even though most of us living in Democracies with elections, that would not be considered Democracy. If you just adjust the definitions of words, anything can be true.
They’re so wrong they’re accidentally right. Democracy is not the process of voting, else the DPRK would be a democracy. Democracy is a culture, and must take many forms to manifest itself. It’s the fair elections, yes, but it’s also the social dialogue, free press, freedom of speech, freedom to assemble, independent judiciary, human rights, etc. It’s the shared belief in and willingness to uphold the ultimate sovereignty of the people, for the people.
Don’t forget “by the people.”
Successful democracy is a participatory process.
this is exactly what a hexbear told me.
Their example involves elected representatives? It sounds like they are saying democracy is elections plus more, which I would agree with. Elections are necessary but not sufficient for democracy.
Ah, so to them democracy is benevolent* authoritarianism, it all makes sense now.
*benevolent for #worthy citizens
Maybe they should start with some definitions so that they don’t deliberately obfuscate the meaning of what they are saying.