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minus-squarezephyreks@lemmy.mlOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down5·1 year agoHow can China be an oligarchy if the CCP holds all the power? Billionaires ain’t got shit in China, even fucking Jack Ma was forced to step in line.
minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·1 year agoAnd who do you think the CCP is? oligarchy ŏl′ĭ-gär″kē, ō′lĭ- noun Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
minus-squareÐ Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·1 year agoTell me you don’t know the definition of oligarchy without telling me you don’t know the definition of oligarchy.
minus-squarebrain_in_a_box [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down2·1 year agoBy all means, enlighten us on the proper academic definition of “cyberpunk oligarchy”
minus-squareÐ Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoSurveillance state headed up by an unelected elite of autocrats who’s only check and or balance is the scheming any one might be undertaking at a given moment.
minus-squarebrain_in_a_box [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoSo a definition that China doesn’t meet. I’m also curious where you got this academic definition from, because it seems to have a lot of very vague parts.
How can China be an oligarchy if the CCP holds all the power? Billionaires ain’t got shit in China, even fucking Jack Ma was forced to step in line.
And who do you think the CCP is?
oligarchy ŏl′ĭ-gär″kē, ō′lĭ- noun Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
Tell me you don’t know the definition of oligarchy without telling me you don’t know the definition of oligarchy.
By all means, enlighten us on the proper academic definition of “cyberpunk oligarchy”
Surveillance state headed up by an unelected elite of autocrats who’s only check and or balance is the scheming any one might be undertaking at a given moment.
So a definition that China doesn’t meet.
I’m also curious where you got this academic definition from, because it seems to have a lot of very vague parts.
Ironical