Sebastianbourg wrote:Herargon wrote:In Assadia, you are stoned by the dictatorship.
In the West, you elect someone democratically to become a dictator.
In China: What elections?
In North Korea: Dear Leader elects you to be shot.
1. I was under the impression that Assad is a Ba'athist and therefore an advocate of the glorious laïcité;
2. But our 'dictators' are idiots;
3. The Communist Party delegates vote;
4. Technically a totalitarian democracy since mock elections are held.
3. "Elections in the People's Republic of China are based on a hierarchical electoral system, whereby local People's Congresses (人民代表大会) are directly elected, and all higher levels of People's Congresses up to the National People's Congress, the national legislature, are indirectly elected by the People's Congress of the level immediately below."
4. It's actually really interesting… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_North_Korea http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_North_Korea