@stux@mstdn.social Is Xi a dictator? Sure they have a one party system but you have to do a lot of politics from your neighborhood branch through committees and policy centers even to get within the inner party sanctum and nobody does it without votes of the party. It's an incredibly complex system with layers of bureaucracy. Kim on the other hand is just this anointed despot. I guess China find that easier to control. They are arguably more democractic than the US. I hate to push CCP agitprop but it's true.