• humorlessrepost@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Policies that are implemented through centralized, authoritarian, and undemocratic means can benefit the plurality, and can be more easily implemented when desired by the ruling class.

    This is a very different claim from the one you’re trying to see.

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      1 hour ago

      Policies that are implemented through centralized, authoritarian, and undemocratic means can benefit the plurality

      You’re describing a technocracy, which claims benefits on paper to defend policy that is generally unpopular and requires enormous policing to impose.

      But Chinese policies are broadly popular and well received.