Australia does the stupid thing
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Madotsuki_the_Dreamer — 3 months ago(December 17, 2025 04:14 AM)
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No. That's not how it works. Look up what a democracy is.
China just has different standards for what consitutes a democracy than we do. Stop trying to force your western imperialist ideas of democracy down their throats, you ****ing colonialist bigot. -
/.ㅤ — 3 months ago(December 17, 2025 04:52 AM)
Madotsuki_the_Dreamer said...
China just has different standards for what consitutes a democracy than we do. Stop trying to force your western imperialist ideas of democracy down their throats, you fucking colonialist bigot.
I do not doubt they have "different standards" but what constitutes democracy is universal.
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Madotsuki_the_Dreamer — 3 months ago(December 17, 2025 05:07 AM)
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I do not doubt they have "different standards" but what constitutes democracy is universal.
Okay, what about Turkey then? They have democratic elections. They also throw you in prison if you criticize their government. Different standards, right? -
/.ㅤ — 3 months ago(December 17, 2025 05:11 AM)
Madotsuki_the_Dreamer said...
Okay, what about Turkey then? They have democratic elections. They also throw you in prison if you criticize their government. Different standards, right?
Turkey is a electoral autocracy not a democracy.
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Madotsuki_the_Dreamer — 3 months ago(December 17, 2025 05:13 AM)
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Turkey is a electoral autocracy not a democracy.
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/.ㅤ — 3 months ago(December 17, 2025 05:14 AM)
Madotsuki_the_Dreamer said...
https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/no-true-scotsman
nobody's clicking on your gay porn site, dum dum
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/.ㅤ — 3 months ago(December 17, 2025 05:20 AM)
Madotsuki_the_Dreamer said...
https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/no-true-scotsman
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Madotsuki_the_Dreamer — 3 months ago(December 17, 2025 05:42 AM)
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Your point was that Turkey wasn't a democracy? Good point.
"Flawed democracy" = democracy, dumbass.
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/.ㅤ — 3 months ago(December 17, 2025 05:46 AM)
Madotsuki_the_Dreamer said...
"Flawed democracy" = democracy, dumbass.
Also, if you're going to samefag to praise yourself like you did above, you should probably try to make it a little bit less obvious.
It literally says directly after "flawed democracy" that it is not a "full liberal democracy".
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Madotsuki_the_Dreamer — 3 months ago(December 17, 2025 05:49 AM)
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It literally says directly after "flawed democracy" that it is not a "full liberal democracy".
Once again, no true Scotsman fallacy. You said democracy. You're now trying to move the goalposts and say that it's not a "true" democracy.
Germany is a "full liberal democracy". Germany has effectively outlawed all criticism of Israel, and Germany also throws you in prison if you insult politicians. By your logic, you have no right to criticize that because they just have "different standards". Same with the UK throwing people in prison for posting bad taste jokes on the internet. -
/.ㅤ — 3 months ago(December 17, 2025 06:03 AM)
Madotsuki_the_Dreamer said...
Once again, no true Scotsman fallacy. You said democracy. You're now trying to move the goalposts and say that it's not a "true" democracy.
Germany is a "full liberal democracy". Germany has effectively outlawed all criticism of Israel, and Germany also throws you in prison if you insult politicians. By your logic, you have no right to criticize that because they just have "different standards". Same with the UK throwing people in prison for posting bad taste jokes on the internet.
You can criticize whatever you want, but you should at least have a logical basis for your criticism. Democracy is a very simple concept. It is government decided by the people. If it's a government where election results are predetermined by the party in power, like the Turkish government, then it's not a democracy. There is no way around that.
Germany is a democracy, so you're on much better footing with this argument. However, it still doesn't support your point. Yes, Germany has some strong restrictions on speech, but this is not the result of an authoritarian state, this is the result of the public choosing politicians that supported these restrictions. If the public wanted to then they have the power to change the laws. You may not like the laws, but that's not relevant. You don't get to decide what another country finds acceptable.
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Madotsuki_the_Dreamer — 3 months ago(December 17, 2025 06:14 AM)
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You can criticize whatever you want, but you should at least have a logical basis for your criticism. Democracy is a very simple concept. It is government decided by the people. If it's a government where election results are predetermined by the party in power, like the Turkish government, then it's not a democracy. There is no way around that.
Germany is a democracy, so you're on much better footing with this argument. However, it still doesn't support your point. Yes, Germany has some strong restrictions on speech, but this is not the result of an authoritarian state, this is the result of the public choosing politicians that supported these restrictions. If the public wanted to then they have the power to change the laws. You may not like the laws, but that's not relevant. You don't get to decide what another country finds acceptable.
You don't get to decide what another country finds acceptable.
Almost every single dictator was democratically elected, retard. And yes, I absolutely have the right to criticize government authoritarianism, whether it takes place in a Democracy
or otherwise. Do you think that the British people voted to throw people in prison for social media posts? No, they didn't. That was forced on them, just like the very unpopular Online Safety Act.
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/.ㅤ — 3 months ago(December 17, 2025 06:24 AM)
Madotsuki_the_Dreamer said...
You don't get to decide what another country finds acceptable.
Almost every single dictator was democratically elected, retard. And yes, I absolutely have the right to criticize government authoritarianism, whether it takes place in a Democracy or otherwise. Do you think that the British people voted to throw people in prison for social media posts? No, they didn't. That was forced on them, just like the very unpopular Online Safety Act.
Also, stop hiding behind a slashdot, Warren, you sniveling coward.
By definition dictators are not elected.
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