lazyraccoon

Sometimes it’s the TV, and then I blame Jesus for stalking.

Maybe not manufacturing, but there is RISC-V:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RISC-V

That is exactly the answer to this kind of “natural competition”, regulation.

His criticism is very American-centric (gasp) but offers no transition that is feasible. You can’t be self sufficient inside a country that demands tax.

I think the closest his vision got to reality is the BRICS joint effort to make a new currency based on rare metals, but I don’t think that Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa have seen zeitgeist.

Money is a technological tool. It represents value of either commodities, services or work.

If it were to be used in its original form, it would be fine, but people have been complaining about manipulation since the bible (old testament).

So money isn’t to blame, it is (TADA!) people that are at fault.

logically it can’t be true that the members of an association ought to govern themselves by the democratic process, and at the same time a majority of the association may properly strip a minority of its primary political rights. That logical statement is only true if you assume that in a democracy, political power is equal.

And yet, by definition, Democracies are not holding said contradiction to be a paradox or negating factor. As a matter of fact, the only conclusive definition of the word Democracy is “a form of government that allows all eligible members of it to partake in the ruling of the country.”

By that definition, China is a democracy. It is, by the Chinese constitution - “The people’s Democratic dictatorship”, but it is still a democracy. It is actually intentional, to make sure that reactionary forces won’t overthrow the communist party. At least, that’s what I’ve read so far.

I stand corrected, and apologize for being confidently wrong in my terminology.

Thank you, very informative.

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Tips are crowd funding service employees, and the moral responsibility is on the customer.

It is a disgustingly greedy move.

If I’m paying for the service, I might as well pay the chef and give the owner fuck-all.

Ok, CPC instead of CCP. Brilliant.

How does that make China a democracy?

Sorry, I thought the same person who stated, answered. Thanks for clearing that up though.

Once you wrote it like this, it is comprehensible. Still, first time I heard it. Don’t know what handegg is too.

After reading about the analogy, I fail to see which rules, process or competition was changed (or in this case, conversation) mid-play.

I was consistently talking about China, I was consistently talking about their party system and I was consistently talking about it being non-democratic in comparison to Democratic party systems where there are mechanisms to prevent the tyranny of the majority.

Also, the tyranny of the majority isn’t a new thing. The formationg of the modern democracy is circa 1800’s. It is a system that was conceived centuries ago. a century before communism. It’s not like I pulled a fast one here.

I didn’t even say that it is a bad thing for fuck’s sake. I haven’t even displayed my actual opinion.

I fail to see where the goalpost analogy fits here.

Is it not CCP? Chinese Communist Party?

Yeah the Whole prospect of the Cardassians was an on-the-nose analogy of Nazi Germany. Until the dominion came and changed things, that is. :)

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I’m not 100% sure about that, but I was more interested in the intrinsic correlation between democracy and Liberalism.

I just can’t imagine a democracy that isn’t liberal, because all the basic elements of a democracy crumble soon after. Unless, well, you consider ancient Athens’ Democracy to be an actual democracy.

Oh by that measure I wholeheartedly agree, there is not a single socialist nation in Europe.

How would you describe the European legislation to protect their citizens from the effects of the market and capital? (Welfare, worker rights, pensions, limited work hours, paid leave etc.)

I’m not looking for dialectical nitpicking (maybe Socratic questioning), I’m asking out of curiosity and a want to understand the differences.

Sounds like an American football reference, didn’t get it.

Great, I wasn’t talking about America. I am also not American, so maybe you’re right about it being corrupt.

It doesn’t change the fact that China’s CCP allows other parties in a controlled manner, to such an extent that they are allowed to exist as long as they acknowledge the superiority of the CCP.

This leads to the tyranny of the majority, as explained in the writings of John Stewart Mill.

Is it morally wrong? I’m not sure you can judge China the same as other nations. I find China to be very complicated and unique in human history.

Is it a democracy? Certainly not a full one. The Majority’s tyranny is an easy discerning factor between democracies and republics.

What are the minimal requirements of a nation to uphold in order to be considered socialist?