• Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz
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    6 hours ago

    there will be very little room for minorities

    When a liberal country says this, the only minority they’re protecting is the capitalist class.

    Are China and Vietnam less democratic because they grant autonomy and special representation to minorities? I wouldn’t say so, because democracy means rule by the people and those people’s unique situations mean they’re affected differently by the same rules, so its more democratic for them to have their own institutions and protections.

    Honestly I am divided on the subject; you have a hmong sending their children out to beg or dance on a school night, its the end result of a cascade of social failures. I don’t think it could be solved by giving the minority fewer tools to deal with it.

    few labour camps for political opponents

    All prisoners are political.

    But also spending a few months working alongside the people you’re supposed to represent is an ideal punishment for failures to represent them, IIRC both president Xi and his father were purged at various points.

    Imagine if the people of Arizona/WV could have recalled Kyrstyn Synoma/Manchin and sent them to plant trees for 6 months in 2020.