Comments by "RPDBY" (@RPDBY) on "China national day parade: Xi Jinping flaunts military power I FT" video.

  1. someone has to counteract this, authoritarian system with strong military is no good
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  2. shitty soundtrack though
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  3.  @jonliu7721  which democracy to you mean?
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  4. @Korean Emperor Trump is, but he is constrained by checks and balances, so can't go full authoritarian; plus Americans have direct elections every 4 years, they can get rid of him if they don't like him; Xi is a medieval king who is there forever
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  5.  @alexliu5806  true, its electoral college technically (and Congress elected directly). in practice, however, how many faceless electors have you had?
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  6.  @qiongwang6235  Chinese dictators have been pretty consistent also
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  7.  @jonliu7721  incomprehensible gibberish, sorry
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