Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

muriel_volestrangler

(106,916 posts)

14. It's not an open election for political power in China

Reply to orthoclad (Reply #13)

Tue Jun 30, 2026, 06:43 PM

19 hrs ago

The people elected are all faithful to the established one-party state, by law. The US electoral college, for all its potential imbalance in the power of voters, is still democratic - people with a wide variety of positions can run, and voters do get to choose their vote.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

1 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

EX500rider

20 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

What is the difference between socialism and communism? [View all] Norrrm 20 hrs ago OP

neither is correct SonOfNebanaube 20 hrs ago #1

Well RandySF 20 hrs ago #2

Communism RandySF 20 hrs ago #3

Socialism and Communism share Marxist roots Fiendish Thingy 19 hrs ago #4

You might call China a Social Democracy, then, orthoclad 19 hrs ago #6

Hardly Fiendish Thingy 19 hrs ago #9

"Social democracy" has to involve actual democracy, so that rules out (current) China muriel_volestrangler 19 hrs ago #10

We have the electoral college. They elect the Party reps. orthoclad 19 hrs ago #13

It's not an open election for political power in China muriel_volestrangler 19 hrs ago #14

The way I think of it orthoclad 18 hrs ago #16

you might. most people (and authoritive view) would not. - - - - - - - - - -(nt)- stopdiggin 19 hrs ago #11

Doesn't communism require constant revolution? mr715 19 hrs ago #5

Never fails to amaze me how easily Trump manipulates people Prairie Gates 19 hrs ago #7

In Communism, the state owns the wealth. Kid Berwyn 19 hrs ago #8

Well, let's go to the wiki orthoclad 19 hrs ago #12

This is what we were taught in Military Intelligence school jmowreader 18 hrs ago #15

The wiki says C is building towards eventual socialism, orthoclad 17 hrs ago #18

What they are by defintion versus what they become in practice are Bettie 18 hrs ago #17

Alas! The meanings are meaningless. The names are used purely as an emotional trigger. Norrrm 5 hrs ago #19

What's the differene between fascism and capitalism? Emile 5 hrs ago #20