why do you think xi is (or comes close to) a dictator?
He heads a one party authoritarian government and maybe is president for life. Close.
can you still elaborate? they contend to be communists, which would mean they'd espouse something like a 'dictatorship of the proletariat' (less personal).
And why is it necessarily negative? Why does "dictator" carry a negative connotation?
Well, how would like being dictated to? If I may refer to a famous proverb of Mr. Lincoln's cast in slightly different terms.
Ah, and that is how I started this thread with the comment about benevolent dictators.
why do you think xi is (or comes close to) a dictator?
He heads a one party authoritarian government and maybe is president for life. Close.
can you still elaborate? they contend to be communists, which would mean they'd espouse something like a 'dictatorship of the proletariat' (less personal).
And why is it necessarily negative? Why does "dictator" carry a negative connotation?
Well, how would like being dictated to? If I may refer to a famous proverb of Mr. Lincoln's cast in slightly different terms.
Ah, and that is how I started this thread with the comment about benevolent dictators.