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If the Dems had their way, they would be the only party. They’d tell you who the candidates are and you’d be allowed to vote for (only) them.
That’s how it works in China. The CCP (Communist Chinese Party) chooses the candidates in local elections, and then “the people” get to vote for (only) them.
In the US House of Representatives, the party that’s in the majority (was Dem, now Rep — this’ll be interesting) elects the “President of the House.” (FYI: That person is in-line for the US Presidency in case there are vacancies due to death, etc.) The majority party nominates candidates for the “Presidency of the House” and then your Representatives—435 of them—vote to elect one from amongst their membership.
Every five years in China, the general meeting of the CCP—about 2,000 elected members, see earlier herein—convenes. They elect their leaders from a ballot offered by the CCP. (Note that the CCP is led by the existing leaders, so it is they who specify who will be on the next ballot.)
The Chinese government, of course, strictly regulates the press and internet within their borders. It’s “their way or the highway.” Censorship is common, is “built-in” to websites and social media there, and happens without any knowledge by the general public. (If you want your social media site to be used in China, you must conform to the CCP’s dictates.)
The coverup Elon Musk is revealing (about Hunter Biden’s laptop) is about US government censorship (by the Presidency, the Dem party, the FBI, DOJ, etc.) of Twitter posts (on the internet). Because of the volume of posts, what began as manual intervention has been escalated to “built-in” to Facebook and most other social media.
One big difference is their versus our Constitution. Their Constitution is easy to change, and the CCP has done so repeatedly. What used to be several different high offices (Chairman, Premier, President) that had to be different people and with limited terms has been changed so one person, Li Jinping, now holds all of those powers, and can do so for life. China’s Constitution was drafted (by the CCP) to facilitate change.
The US Constitution, unlike China’s, is very difficult to amend. It is made that way for the same reason that the Legislature (House and Senate) can overrule the Executive (President and Vice President), and the Judiciary (the Supreme Court) can negate the efforts of the other two branches. The US Constitution is intended to impede change.
We have become much like China, and continue to become more and more like them.
Are you practicing your chopsticks yet?
Seems like the GOP is in the fast lane to make this a true reality.
I’m a traditionalist. I choose to “interpret” the Constitution as its authors intended. Less (change) is better.
There are those who wish to re-interpret the Constitution when applying it to today’s world.
But, in my opinion, they simply seek to ignore its provisions.
The “Rule of Law” only works when people agree to comply with it. Factions of our government, according to Elon Musk’s recent revelations, are actively ignoring it.
The Second Amendment–the right to keep and bear arms–may, I hope NOT, have to be applied to reverse the decay.
It is the GOP that want to control who you vote for. Get it right your rightwing nut job.
Name calling? Is that the best you can do, Joe?
How about some comparative analysis? Present and discuss some evidence? Show us your thought process, convince us of some aspect that we’ve ill-considered?
I’m open to other viewpoints, Joe.
The soap box is yours. I’m listening.