Comments by "TJ Marx" (@tjmarx) on "Frustration mounts as China hits record number of new Covid cases" video.

The president of China is like a monarch elected by the government, not a prime minister. Can you imagine calling the king supreme leader? Oh wait, you already do.. Prime ministers aren't heads of state nor rulers of their countries.
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@Laggie74 He didn't remove them, and he didn't do anything any other world leader doesn't do. Notice Sunak doesn't have a bunch of Bojo supporters in his front bench? Oh noes, Sunak is the defacto emperor now...🤣 Meanwhile, the UK is an actual monarchy with a King, and is ruled by the unelected. You're making a bit of a clown of yourself with your ignorance.
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@Laggie74 Quite amusing that you've been wrong on everything you've said, but have the cheek the say that. It's the kind of thing I'd expect from a clown who's ran out of arguments. Oh look, there you are.
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@Injudiciously You've gotten a little confused too, bit like the little Koala. It's quite interesting that so many people don't really understand how the Westminster system functions but are all too eager to act otherwise. You are correct that the UK has no formal constitution, however it does have a series of documents passed through parliament that collectively amount to a constitution. It's why the UK is correctly called a constitutional monarchy. The UK is not actually a democracy however. The house of commons was created to prevent a repeat in England of the revolt that took place in France. The Westminster system rigs the game so that the house of commons have no real power as a way to maintain the monarchy and it's power whilst pretending to the masses they have a say. The Magna Carta is better described as a gentlemanly agreement. There many times since it's signing that Kings have disregarded it. All legislation and agreements in the UK only exist so long as the monarch entertains them. At no point has the crown relinquished power. All of the lords and land owners from magna carta became peers in the house of lords, their descendants continue the system today. Nothing from the house of commons can pass without first the consent of the peers in the house of Lords and then the consent of the King. Nothing is law without royal ascent, which is a fancy way of saying the King signed off that he's ok with making that thing law. It is important to understand that just because Elizabeth never exercised her power during her reign, she always held an unlimited veto, as does the King today. Monarchs are sovereign, that's just a fancy way of saying they are indistinguishable from the countries they rule over and their inhabitants. The King is the UK, it's what gives the royal family immunity from prosecution. The King is the FUNCTIONAL head of state and no prime minister becomes prime minister without first meeting with the King, being interviewed by the King, and the King saying s/he can be his prime minister then inviting the prime minister to form a cabinet. Remember the formal title for the UK prime minister is his royal majesty's prime minister, as in belonging to the King. The UK is objectively a sleeping dictatorship pretending to be a democracy. The Queen rubber stamped things, the King may or may not. Regardless, they retain the power to refuse legislation, to create new legislation from nothing and to order the house of commons to debate a thing. The Lords too retain the ability to force the house of commons to pass legislation. The UK has never been equal, it's always been the rich ruling over the slave class. It remains a serious crime in the UK to talk about republic or to talk against the monarchy. The UK simply does not have the freedoms the rest of the western world enjoy.
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@Laggie74 That's not at all how the Chinese system works. Imagine a UK where there was only a single political party made up of Tories and Labour combined. Torbour or Labries whichever you prefer. Now imagine instead of the house of lords being a bunch of unelected rich people with more control over the country than the elected ones, it was merely the house for the front bench. Now imagine the royal family didn't exist so the government would elect their own leader not into the position of prime minister but to president. Think of the Tory party leadership mess just a few weeks ago. That's more or less the Chinese system. Xi can't make himself anything, he's reliant on his party having faith in him so he as to constantly be on the look out for leadership challenges and doing what the power factions in the party want. Once you understand that, you understand why he can never back down from bad policy and why some of the decisions can sometimes look like a garbled contradictory mess.
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@Laggie74 Implying that if Xi in the UK, of course not. Implying that of the King however, oh absolutely there is legislation on the books that allows for that. You're confusing freedom of speech for a political system. Those aren't the same thing. In China freedom of political speech isn't a thing, but that doesn't just apply to Xi. It applies to all members of government even the lowest on the totem pole. To answer your second question, you, you still look like a clown.
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@bina nocht wrong country.
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@wonyankeesays5661 they're*
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@wonyankeesays5661 I have no idea what you're trying to say. Blink 3 times fast if you need help
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@Huawei14promax That's completely false. He's only just survived another vote a few months ago. They vote every 3 years.
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What an absolutely stupid thing to say @Hartley_Hare The OPs comment was dumb as heck, and leggie was talking complete propaganda nonsense doesn't make correcting those things shilling. Learn what words mean before you try using them. My gosh.
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@Hartley_Hare Yes, leggie the clown. Interesting that out of my comment the only thing you cared about was that I got the pseudonym for an irrelevant toss pot wrong. Are you leggie the clown by another name by chance Mr Trouserpress?
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@Hartley_Hare So you dislike the UK? Why are you on a UK news video if you dislike them so much?
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@ImmoralKoala You do realise that you are completely and utterly wrong on this point...right? The King has more unexecuted power in his little pinky, than the president of yankville and their Congress combined.
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@ImmoralKoala Why is it people who don't know what they're talking about always misuse the word research, and tell others to do some. It's an instant red flag on the type of person you are. For the record, not a single law, not a single position, not a single thing of political or economic significance takes place in the UK without royal ascent. That's the process of the King taking something recommended and making it real. It's not just ceremony, it's functional law. That the Queen rubber stamped things is not an indication of a lack of power. The UK is a monarchy, the monarch is it's head of state. All of the power rests with the King.
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@ImmoralKoala I'm not sure you understand what a constitutional monarchy means. None of your so called quotes are actually quotes. I'm not sure you even understand what illegal means, you're using it improperly. The reality is the monarch retains all of their powers, and their role is functional. Perhaps little Koala if you understood how to read a legal document you might see the error of your claims.
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