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      “one of the most democratic countries in the world” might be a bit of a stretch here

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        Democracy is when you spend several decades murdering and repressing all leftist political opposition. The more leftists to murder and suppress, the more democratic it is.

        • State Department Handbook, probably
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            If you were forced to vote for people would you be satisfied or dissatisfied with your government?

            Then why does China have a 95.5% approval rating for their government that spans 15 years?

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                    No one gives a shit what you’re a fan of. Do you have any idea how much more developed the Western propaganda machine is, and for how much longer it’s been operating? Do you realize that Forbes Magazine, created from the Forbes financier fortune, was built on the genocidal railroad projects that Forbes invested his family fortune in? Do you know where that fortune came from? Opium sales in China. Forbes sold drugs in China, and when China tried to ban opium, the British merchants, who owned the newspapers, wrote articles demanding war because China violated British sovereignty with this act of defense. And from that propaganda, Britain took Hong Kong, Shanghai, and multiple other port cities.

                    The West is the dominant producer of propaganda in the world.

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            Democracy is when the people can vote for their politicians instead of countries like the PRC where they are forced. a selection of candidates handpicked by the US government.

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      Only the PRC is recognized as a country under international law. The RoC government squatting in Taiwan Province is legally no different to the ISIS occupation of parts of Iraq.

      The PRC is one of the few truly sovereign states in the world, able to resist American domination on its own terms. The residents of Taiwan Province get to vote between stooges of American imperialism and stooges of Japanese imperialism.

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          It’s obviously a country and it’s useless discussing this further with a tankie.

          Renowned Tankies, the states parties to the Montevideo Convention. Hardcore Stalinists, the lot of them!

          How do you define “American domination” and what other countries do you consider to be affected by it?

          “It’s useless discussing with a Tankie!”, proceeds to discuss with a Tankie. Very good rhetoric, 10/10.