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Think of the USA but now remove all political parties and just make One party, remove state governments and make them all federal. So every state has the same laws across the nation. When it's time to vote, democracy is very limited and federally controlled.
Some red flags of the CCP, because this is what trump and maga wants for the US ultimately. A CCDI which purges political rivals. Increased federal control which limits freedom of speech , expression and independent institutions.
Also imagine a HUGE increase in censorship online. Republicans are also doing this now in the US with porn sites as well as locally forcing bibles and the ten commandments in schools.
What's funny though, even with all this Chinese still has a generally free healthcare system for its citizens and pretty good quality of life overall. Something apparently no US leader could ever achieve.
Well that's my understanding of it. I could be wrong about some things. I could be missing some things. I live in the US so I only know what I can research and learn.
The most glaring issue with their healthcare or other benefits is that the decision to have those things at all comes down to one party or even one man. That means there is nothing at all stopping those things from being taken away on a whim.
China seems very stable to me. Their government is afraid of making people angry, and removing basic help like that is very likely to make people angry.
But also, it seems to me that the "generally" in "generally free" is doing some work. AFAIK, some care is free, some care isn't. And the pretty good quality of life doesn't seem to be universally distributed. Both of those seem to be improving quickly, but the "people are better than in the US" impression one may take from that comment seems to be a misrepresentation.
At the end of the day all governments are desperately afraid of making people angry (at them), from the healthiest democracy to the most totalitarian dictatorship, because the people are always the overwhelming majority, creating all the goods and services, creating the surplus that the rich and powerful exploit and enjoy, and therefore ultimately holding all the real power no matter how much legal, policing and enforcement structure is built around them. Some governments are just extremely creative at making people forget that or preventing them from learning it in the first place, while finding ways to manage their expectations to either convince them to be happy enough, or to make sure they're always going to be angry at somebody else (or each other), or some combination of the two. They usually turn to the latter when they fail at the former. When they fail at both, it tends to become a revolution.
One would think so. But a quick glance at Russia, or even the current US one would show you otherwise.
Most governments don't seem to pay a lot of attention to it. Democracies tend to be the most concerned ones, but it still varies a lot.
That’s because people can take a lot before becoming truly desperate. A revolution means risking mass death, and few are willing to sacrifice so others can have a better life.
Yes but at the same time the population would likely be very VERY pissed.
Nope. There is no "free healthcare" according to my parents' direct experience in Guangzhou (广州) and also various relatives. (At least not around the time we left) Everything requires pre-payment, even emercency procedures.
Not really, especially not if you have a rual Hukou. To be fair, it did get a lot better compared to imperial dyansties or warlords era right after Xinhai revolution, but its not that good compared to most western countries. One of the biggesr problems is food safety. Work place safety is also a huge problem, and pay is low, no overtime extras, no vacations for most jobs. Employers frequently delay payments with no consequences. Not really a place you wanna live in.
There's a reason why my parents left the country. (And then now here in the US, we have this wannabe dictatorship thing happening all over again 🫠 wonderful*, isn't it?)
*sarcasm
Thanks you! I didn't know most of that
China does have other political parties though, to an extent
Chinese regions can have differing laws.
Healthcare isn't free.
Sounds good. I'm in if the "One Party" isn't either of the two shitty options majority voters have been 69ing for the last century. Everyone wants change so long as nothing changes.
I agree with that. The only problem is we're all opinionated now and the US is hardcore split into two. I say republicans have their land, democrats have theirs. Like North and South Korea. Let trump be the Alabama diddler leader and I'd give the northern parts to Gavin Newsom. Or Arnold again. Let Arnold run things