r/NewsWithJingjing • u/Li_Jingjing • May 15 '23
Media/Video US two-party system in a nutshellđ
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u/wat_no_y May 15 '23
Yea well we got McDonaldâs
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u/CrispyBoar Jun 02 '23
There's plenty of McDonald's from other continents & countries, & they're far better than McDonald's here in the US.
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u/CapriSun87 May 15 '23 edited May 15 '23
The difference between the US's two party system and China's one party system is efficiency. America is essentially also a one party system, but with more steps.
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u/LilMartinii May 15 '23
The 2 party system is incredibly efficient at doing what it's supposed to do. Which is to keep the ruling class in power & protect its interest. It is, in fact, so efficient that even reformists are incapable of holding power.
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u/cheesecakegood May 16 '23
Itâs not deliberately designed as a two party system. But the representative democracy structure the US Constitution uses is indeed designed to strike a balance between responsivenesses (instant reforming change) and predictability (resisting change and allowing changes to be more predictable and long term). Probably erring on the side of no-change. Most clearly seen in the decision to set up a bicameral legislature with differing term lengths (every 2 years vs a rotating 6 year term).
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u/Matt2800 May 15 '23 edited May 15 '23
And essence too. We must remember that there is more diversity within the CPC than between the Democrats and Republicans. Just compare Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping.
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May 15 '23
Itâs CPC, comrade
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u/Matt2800 May 15 '23
Oh sorry, English isnât my first language lmao. Where I live there isnât such difference.
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May 15 '23
No problem. It just happens to be a contentious point when in English, because the use of the incorrect acronym âCCPâ is used to emphasize ethnicity(Chinese) over nationality(of China), and separates the party from other national communist parties, which have all used the format âCommunist Party of _____â since the Comintern. Itâs an intentional distortion by English speaking media to control the narrative around China, and unfortunately is very effective and prevalent.
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u/Matt2800 May 15 '23
Omg, I had not idea of this issue. That seems to be working, unfortunately, because in most places I see people using âCCPâ
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u/cheesecakegood May 16 '23
This article that contains several references seems to suggest even the Chinese government uses them interchangeably despite, as you correctly point out, a stated preference for CPC.
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Indeed as recently as 2016, the official translation of Xi Jinpingâs speech marking the 95th anniversary of the Partyâs founding, supplied by the state-run Xinhua News Agency, refers to the âChinese Communist Partyâ precisely 100 times.
I would say as a regular college educated native English speaker there is zero effective distinction between the word China being used as an ethnicity vs as a nationality, contrary to your claim, and that applies to making it into an adjective as well. Itâs entirely contextual. And most people would assign nationality not ethnicity in the context of national politics. It makes no sense to claim people will get confused about ethnicity.
That is not to say that bad actors couldnât or donât deliberately use one or the other. But to a normal American, the whole debate is almost literally meaningless.
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u/SnooPandas1950 May 15 '23
The difference is clear: one of them pretends to care, and the other is honest about not giving a flying fuck
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u/sickof50 May 15 '23
Uncle Sam & co. have been drawing up so many new lines, they are quite literally painting themselve's into a corner.
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u/REEEEEvolution May 15 '23
One might think that with so many oppresed minorities it would be easy to provide strong evidence for it happening. But nope. Nothing.
Almost as if....
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u/Wrest216 May 15 '23
no china has a full media lockdown. THe usa , has corruption, but still free journalism. China literally owns the media. Plus they dont allow their own citizens to use the internet. When George Orwell printed 1984, it was basically might as well have been about China today. I mean I as American can say XiXiping looks like winnie the pooh, Tienanmen square massacre with out being kicked off the internet and thrown in jail. cant say that bout china. LOL and the fake downvotes from chinese bots. LOVE it. Means im speaking the uncomfortable truth. ALl the IP is from ONE location is china. DUH XD
Try harder, CCP. You all suckkkkkkkkkk at threats outside your zone2
May 16 '23
âAs an Americanâ instant L đ jokes aside though, I donât like to call people brainwashed but just⌠maybe take a more critical look at what you wrote and the narrative youâre fed man. Surely thereâs no harm to you in actually understanding our perspective right?
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u/stealthjackson May 15 '23
There is no greater system of oppression in America than its military and global military institutions. Can you clarify how the total number of global US military bases has changed over the past two decades?
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u/Acceptable-Eye4240 May 16 '23
China building an island off its coast is somehow worse than america building military bases all over the world.
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u/Soviet-pirate May 15 '23
And in typical American fashion,threat of genocide!
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u/Soviet-pirate May 16 '23
Oh,wow. Another Tienanmen square thing. How refreshing. This one though,is even more refreshing.
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u/Acceptable-Eye4240 May 16 '23
He's writing it in Chinese because he honestly thinks that anyone in China seeing those words will instantly have their Internet cut off.
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u/Practical_Hospital40 May 16 '23
Why canât you leave china alone and simply help end homelessness in the USA?
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u/Acceptable-Eye4240 May 16 '23
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u/Practical_Hospital40 May 16 '23
You are indeed
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u/Acceptable-Eye4240 May 16 '23
He's got america's arm up his ass controlling his mouth but he's definitely not a puppet...
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u/Practical_Hospital40 May 16 '23
Has nothing to do with urgent needs in the USA. 1989 is long gone itâs not a valid excuse to ignore the homelessness crisis and crumbling infrastructure. Nor the drug addiction crisis.
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u/stealthjackson May 16 '23
A troll at best and capitalist-sympathizing scum at worst.
Mods - can someone ban this user.
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u/Wrest216 May 16 '23
yes ban the things you cant disagree with. That will solve the problem . nope im real. Sorry if that hurts your feelings,
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May 15 '23
That's not a miniskirt. If she stood up that would easily reach her knees. It would need to be half that length to be a mini.
If you're going to be a prude and a sexist at least get the terminology right. The rest of the class managed to pay attention just fine. I think the problem here is with what you naturally focus on.
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May 15 '23
Have you ever considered the fact that she isn't wearing that skirt to impress you? Could it possibly fuckin be that she just wanted to wear a skirt?
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u/Scared-Conflict-653 May 17 '23
Pretty much the US party system do as set really serve a purpose. Liberals are to introduce people into the system and conservatives vote to conserve the system. The parties aren't even a major factor of the system but just playing teams.
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u/Ambitious_Figure_304 Jun 13 '23
Blacks, Indians and "Chicanos" are less discriminated against than (North and South) East Asians or Native Americans. Interesting that this old black dude doesn't mention the latter two.
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u/jacktrowell Jul 06 '23
Relevant quotes
"There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party ⌠and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat."
-- Gore Vidal
âItâs as if we had two parties in Cuba and Fidel led one and I led the other.â
-- Raul Castro, about how Cuba political scene would look if they tried to be more like the USA
"The United States has essentially a one-party system and the ruling party is the business party."
-- Noam Chomsky interviewed by Gabor Steingart, Der Spiegel Online, October 10, 2008
"The United States is also a one-party state but, with typical American extravagance, they have two of them."
-- Julius Nyerere, First President of Tanzania
The Republican and Democratic parties, or, to be more exact, the Republican-âDemocratic party, represent the capitalist class in the class struggle.
-- Eugene V. Debs
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/16/raul-castro-us-democracy-cuban-communist-party
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u/Acceptable-Eye4240 May 15 '23
It's choosing between a turd sandwich and a giant douche.