I miss 9 every day 😭

That’s very interesting, thanks. The whole tone of the second article seems so much different than how we talk about our “democracy” in Canada, where I am from. We talk about it here as a form of prestige (“Canada is so good, we’re democratic, unlike those Asian countries”), where that article made it sound like they were celebrating how it helps the people. At least that’s my vibe.

Now that I think of it, I have no idea how their governance works. We’re just sorta guided to think the communist party gets together for dinner and decides what everyone has to make for lunch on Thursdays lol. Probably interesting to look into!

China is also leading the renewable push, and has made massive innovations in participatory democracy.

Anywhere I can read about this?

It seems directly related to me. If the US government is fine with slave labour at home, then this decision is really only because the companies sanctioned are Chinese.

I had a guy tell me the US doesn’t meddle in Central or South America anymore. 🤔

You mean your mom didn’t tell you to read all the news littleblue on lemmy reads? Must have a different upbringing.