Post #1669804
2026-04-25 18:02 UTC
FYI the thing about a central guy in charge has always been a myth, even since Stalin’s time:
What happens with China is essentially you have local committees for things like small towns and villages, where anyone can run for office. Then those many small councils form the pool of candidates for promotion to larger regional and federal committees, forcing would-be bigwigs to work their way up from the bottom. I believe the DPRK uses a similar system.
Hopefully this doesn’t come off snide, since I know these conversations can get contentious fast. But you seem like a refreshingly normal person rather than one of the ideologically motivated internet cold warriors we get around here, so I figured I’d try and add constructively, rather than tear down.
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@gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 2026-04-25 18:24
But you seem like a refreshingly normal person rather than one of the ideologically motivated internet cold warriors hehe thanks, i try to be.
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@Einskjaldi@lemmy.world 2026-04-26 12:04
But a soviet style system like that is ripe for corruption and nepotism.
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@mlc894@lemmy.world 2026-04-27 07:23
Do you have a source for this that isn’t an easily-generatable png? I’m having trouble finding it.