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Re: Is The Democratic World Just Giving Up?
Reply #60 - May 9th, 2022 at 3:17pm
 
freediver wrote on May 7th, 2022 at 4:26pm:
Bias_2012 wrote on May 7th, 2022 at 3:59pm:
Name the "brutal cultures"



Islam is pretty brutal, and hostile to democracy.


Yes, but that doesn't stop people apologising for the Saudis, now does it?
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Reply #61 - May 9th, 2022 at 3:45pm
 
Frank wrote on May 9th, 2022 at 3:12pm:
thegreatdivide wrote on May 9th, 2022 at 3:04pm:
MeisterEckhart wrote on May 9th, 2022 at 2:22pm:
thegreatdivide wrote on May 9th, 2022 at 1:21pm:
The exact description of what happens when the unconscious reptilian brain distorts the cortex brain's capacity for rational thought.

That's a good example of a feature of the Chinese mindset under the CCP.


Whataboutism?
See,  we are all flawed, that is the point. But the CCP at least acknowledges the collective.

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It has a 19th century village-speak to it.

It's commonly observed in a Chinese pharmacist when traditional Chinese medicine is being discussed.


Yes, undoubtedly pockets of superstition still exist in regional China. India and Africa are even more backward.






Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy

https://www.china-admissions.com/shanghai-university-of-traditional-chinese-medi...

https://english.bucm.edu.cn/about_us/general_introduction/index.htm



" The SHUTCM recognizes its role in inheritance and further development of Chinese medicine and firmly believes Chinese medicine can promote the health of population worldwide".

"Scientific trials around the world have found that when acupuncture is performed by a skilled practitioner, it is a safe and useful treatment for many different disorders".


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Reply #62 - May 9th, 2022 at 3:47pm
 
Bias_2012 wrote on May 7th, 2022 at 3:59pm:
Name the "brutal cultures"




Er.... every tribal culture.
Aboriginal, native American, African, any communist country, any Islamic country, any martial society, any slave holding society, anywhere that women are not emancipated, illiterate cultures.





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Reply #63 - May 9th, 2022 at 3:55pm
 
thegreatdivide wrote on May 9th, 2022 at 3:04pm:
MeisterEckhart wrote on May 9th, 2022 at 2:22pm:
thegreatdivide wrote on May 9th, 2022 at 1:21pm:
The exact description of what happens when the unconscious reptilian brain distorts the cortex brain's capacity for rational thought.

That's a good example of a feature of the Chinese mindset under the CCP.


Whataboutism?
See,  we are all flawed, that is the point. But the CCP at least acknowledges the collective.


That wasn't whataboutism. That's a comment on your 19th-century mindset.
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Reply #64 - May 9th, 2022 at 3:59pm
 
thegreatdivide wrote on May 9th, 2022 at 3:04pm:
MeisterEckhart wrote on May 9th, 2022 at 2:22pm:
thegreatdivide wrote on May 9th, 2022 at 1:21pm:
The exact description of what happens when the unconscious reptilian brain distorts the cortex brain's capacity for rational thought.

That's a good example of a feature of the Chinese mindset under the CCP.


Whataboutism?
See,  we are all flawed, that is the point. But the CCP at least acknowledges the collective.

Quote:
It has a 19th century village-speak to it.

It's commonly observed in a Chinese pharmacist when traditional Chinese medicine is being discussed.


Yes, undoubtedly pockets of superstition still exist in regional China. India and Africa are even more backward.


It is taught in all medical universities in China and all medical students are expected to take CTM seriously, but not to study its efficacy, just to peddle pseudoscience.

Chinese medical universities under the CCP are more backward than you could find anywhere in the 3rd world.

Laowhy86 has a video interviewing foreign medical students who studied 'medicine' in Chinese universities. I can post it here if you like.
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Reply #65 - May 9th, 2022 at 4:02pm
 
thegreatdivide wrote on May 9th, 2022 at 3:04pm:
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Even Marx went off his own theories towards the end of his life; and Engels owned a factory exploiting cheap labour from rural Manchester.


And so the search for good governance on behalf of collective well-being continues (as opposed to merely individual success).
     

Neither Marx nor Engels ultimately had any faith in their theories.

They were also unashamedly racist. Both of them openly wrote and spoke of the inferiority of the yellow and black races.
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Reply #66 - May 9th, 2022 at 4:08pm
 
MeisterEckhart wrote on May 9th, 2022 at 3:55pm:
That wasn't whataboutism. That's a comment on your 19th-century mindset.


I don't have a 19th century mindset. Acupuncture has Western scientific backup...so not all TCM is superstitition.

Whereas you (being a deluded "freedom" ideologue)  still cling to the obsolete 18th century concept of 'absolute national sovereignty', making you complicit in all the wars currently disfiguring our world.   
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Reply #67 - May 9th, 2022 at 4:13pm
 
thegreatdivide wrote on May 9th, 2022 at 4:08pm:
MeisterEckhart wrote on May 9th, 2022 at 3:55pm:
That wasn't whataboutism. That's a comment on your 19th-century mindset.


I don't have a 19th century mindset. Acupuncture has Western scientific backup...so not all TCM is superstitition.


Yeah you do.

And acupuncture is a pseudoscience.
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Reply #68 - May 9th, 2022 at 5:31pm
 
The contest today is between a US plutocracy, in which the bottom 50% of the population has experienced stagnant or declining livings standards since 1990, cf the meritocracy in China in which the bottom 50% of the population has experienced the fastest increase in living standards over the same period, in all of China's 2200 year history.
Actually In USA and the rest of the the west nothing left of democracy, there are only plutocracy
and oligarchy that successfully control everything.
Western democracy is dead but two party cartel “democracy” ruled by plutocracy and corporatocracy (Corporate fascism) are flourishing.
It is time for the west to acknowledge that China is the most successful capitalist country and that the CCP, apart from its formal name, has nothing to do with communist ideology but with meritocracy. China has proven to have a much more successful capitalism than corrupted deep state Plutocracy of the US-western Empire.
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Do we need to be always politically correct.
In the world of universal deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
 
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Reply #69 - May 9th, 2022 at 5:32pm
 
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Reply #70 - May 9th, 2022 at 5:36pm
 
In China if you work hard and demonstrate positive results, you will become the highest official in a district or county. As President Xi did in 1983, he became the highest official in Zhengding County. You have to own the experience to manage hundreds of thousands or even millions of people.

Next, you have to become a city official in charge of industry or agriculture or education or commerce. Then, you become a mayor. It will take you another few years. In 1990, President Xi became the top leader of Fuzhou City, Fujian Province.

Now, fight for the governor! You need to repeat your previous work. The difference is that your responsibilities are greater and your work is more onerous. In 2000, President Xi became governor of Fujian Province. A new political star.

After becoming the governor of a relatively small province, you have to be the governor of a relatively large province. Or you can go to border areas, such as Xinjiang or Tibet. President Hu Jintao, the former Supreme Leader of China, was once the governor of Tibet.

The Political Bureau is one of the central leading bodies of the CPC. You must be a member of it. Members of the Political Bureau are elected by the plenary session of the Central Committee. It's your next goal.

Deputies to the National People's Congress ( NPC) are members of the highest organ of state power in China and are elected in accordance with law. You also have to be one of the NPCs.

If you can become a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, it usually consists of seven or nine people, which means that you have entered the core of China's state power. In 2007, President Xi was elected. Similarly, different standing committees are responsible for managing different areas of the country. Through fierce competition, you finally become the top leader of China.

In 2012, President Xi succeeded. Although he can be called "political genius" (which country's leader is not? )He still spent 40 years on this road.

The above is the difficult road for you to become China's top leader. I call it Chinese style democracy. It is based on a strict selection system and the election of deputies to the people's Congress at all levels. In China, it works.

Every country should choose a political system suitable for its national conditions. No "good" or "bad". I don't think that only west style democracy system is "good". I only believe in the facts.

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Reply #71 - May 9th, 2022 at 5:37pm
 
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Reply #72 - May 9th, 2022 at 5:43pm
 
Who does rule America and rest of the west?

Democracy in the west has been replaced by plutocracy and corporate fascism.
The role of the official state has been replaced by a deep state that represents the interests of large corporations, Wall Street and the Military complex.
The senile president of the United States is just the puppet of a deep state.

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Reply #73 - May 9th, 2022 at 5:50pm
 
When is Xi up for popular election? Athos?
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Reply #74 - May 9th, 2022 at 6:03pm
 

When British (Australian) head of state  is up for popular election? Jovial Monk?
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