Democracy is not Coca-Cola

China diplomat Wang Yi said.

-Democracy is not Coca-Cola,

which, with the syrup produced by the United States, tastes the same across the world-

What do you think?

Quote from selfmate

i sorta get it he's comparing democracy with communism and saying that like communism coke cola tastes the same around the world

https://www.rt.com/news/521997-coca-cola-china-us-democracy/

What do you think?

Quote from LovenRose

Yeah... I don’t get it. Is he pro-democracy but copying the US’ system isn’t the right way to go, that democracy takes a different shape in each country. Or is this just a pretty way to argue that China should stay as it is, a dictatorship with the people “allowing” it (I’m not saying they do, just that’s the picture he wants to paint). It’s an... “interesting” statement either way, and guess there’s nothing wrong with some classic usa bashing.

https://www.rt.com/news/521997-coca-cola-china-us-democracy

Its a mouth running race.

People needs to dig in and compare for themselves.

Put all the BS together China was saying" Mind your own business ,America."

Quote from selfmate

well it ultimately refers to the issue of which system of gov is the best

but in the us/china scheme of things it's which country will come out on top

True, put aside democracy/ dictatorship debate, I think China said they don't want to compete with the US or anyone else is questionable, nothing wrong with competition, see how they get to play.

How do you look at what they said?

Quote from LovenRose

Imao yes that sounds like an accurate summary. With a heavy dose of China pretending to not be an authoritative dictatorship.

Whatever China does they need to be able to convince people in and out of China that they are legits. I think many places can be improved for them.

Quote from selfmate

china wants to be a super superpower...anything who thinks otherwise is a fool

sorry i'm not on my computer so maybe i'll watch it when i get home

OK~

Quote from dummi

The USA is a lost cause and not a good role model for any government, so I guess he spilled?? Not that China is any better imo, people really need to dust off their guillotine me thinks

Are you saying democracy is a lost cause?

Democracy = USA is pretty much Mcdonalds = USA in many places on earth

Quote from Freddie235X

OK~

Quote from selfmate

china wants to be a super superpower...anything who thinks otherwise is a fool

sorry i'm not on my computer so maybe i'll watch it when i get home

The host and guest are both not Taiwanese. DM me your thoughts?

Quote from dummi

USA is not a pure Democracy, if you look at how its structured. They portray a false image that they are the epitome of freedom when they jail people for profit all the same, corruption sings the same tune everywhere, the US is not an exception.

What parts are not structured as democracy for USA in your opinion?

I agree democracy isn't perfect, corruptions and other negativity are loopholes of bad democracy practices.

Quote from dummi

US utilizes a mixed economy meaning it takes from capitalism and socialism, public programs such as welfare and such are also socialist in nature. That doesn't mean its a bad thing, it just means its not a pure democracy. I don't even think pure democracy is achievable.

Democracy evolved over time since Classic Athens/ Roman republic era. Components like capitalism and others you mentioned were created and added later but these are placed on top of baseline democracy, literally" power of people" by definition.

I think the elements addressed in article below are for baseline democracy.

Democracy (Greek: δημοκρατία, dēmokratiā, from dēmos 'people' and kratos 'rule')^[1] is a form of government in which the people have the authority to choose their governing legislators. The decisions on who is considered part of the people and how authority is shared among or delegated by the people have changed over time and at different speeds in different countries, but they have included more and more of the inhabitants of all countries. Cornerstones include freedom of assembly and speech, inclusiveness and equality, membership, consent, voting, right to life and minority rights.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy

I think what the US is dealing with today is how power of people has advanced, been entitled that goes above society, aka public interest, that's how democracy plays by book just that it can be exploited to certain level. Lawyers are trained to master all these if people wanted to find someone to blame for most of democracy side effects.

China government saw what I saw and they wanted to add components too for their version of democracy , the argument is how the baseline is upheld/ converted in China while Beijing claimed that it's their democracy.