To be fair, he didn't make any predictions.

Well, which people?? That itself is very sloppy. There's no government in this world that's not ruled by people.

Then, you neglect a whole lot of things which I conclude that you don't seem to understand democracy yourself. All government, even tyrannical ones all think they are achieving the goals for the people. Every single one of them. So, how can you use that as a basis.

@@emmanuel8310 that's historically not correct at all. The idea that "the people" are the source of legitimacy for a government was very revolutionary at the time. In between there were long periods in antiquity and the medieval age where it was self-understood that the legitimacy comes from god or gods, and the people were merely tools or resources of the king to achieve a godly mission.

@@HaraldinChina Yeah, no doubt, but , that wasn't called democracy. And...it depends on the society, not all believed that they were "tools" of the gods. Maybe to some extent the Greeks. But, interesting some for of democracy also started with them. Also, democracy is older than you thought. Some form of it was practiced by the Greeks. And in fact, Socrates made some criticism of it. So, the idea is not that "young". But, the modern one is much more different though, but, not very new.

@@emmanuel8310 You shouldn't assume what I thought. Of course I'm aware of the Greek criticism of democracy as rule of demagogues. Greeks idealized the rule of the Philosopher King. If democracy wasn't a concept from ancient Greece, we probably wouldn't use a Greek word to describe the system. Also, surprisingly, the Ancient Chinese had dynasties in which locals would select a delegate to the emperor, like electing regional leaders. What medieval indentured farmers really thought, is a very interesting question which is explored much too little. Movies like Braveheart portray them as modern individualistic citizens longing for self-determination, completely capable of understanding the entire world they live in from a modern perspective. I find such movies very detrimental to the understanding of how that time really worked. And also to understanding how very different human societies can be.

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as a Chinese citizen, you should know 人民民主专政 not 专制 is part of our constitution, it explains what does 人民民主专政 mean. Apparently, you are not a Chinese citizen or never wanted to be a Chinese citizen. You are just like Gorden Chang, a joke on youtube.

​@@rickdong7441 You are a joke, go back to Chinese Internet and enjoy yourself. 1.专制or专政 doesn't really matter, because 2. constitution doesn't explain what it is at all, so 3.it should be interpreted by people 4.not the government, which is 5.trying to cover the meaning.

@@Minato-xu3si I don't really care if I am a joke or not, I am enjoying the mainland internet social media and my channel is running well there. 1. 专制 is autocracy, 专政 is dictatorship, it does matter in both Chinese and English. The work 专政 is from народник, this group interpreted демократическая диктатура народа. 2. in RPC's constitution preface it says: "工人阶级领导的、以工农联盟为基础的人民民主专政，实质上即无产阶级专政，得到巩固和发展" it does interpret what is 人民民主专政 3. so far as I learned, no significant definition has been interpreted by people, and what is your definition of "people" 4&5. it is not the Chinese government, but the PC and CPPCC defining the meaning of 人民民主专政 one suggestion, you should go back to mainland internet and refresh your mind there

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it's impossible

Not long after you arrive in China

Yep, repeating the mainstream narrative. You can learn more about China from any youtuber travel to and live in China.

In lecture 6, Rory spoke in Mandarin 我们已经老了. He does speak Chinese. Très bien, félicitations.

It is still authoritarian despite it being more authoritarian in the past. Also, with Xi is power China is only getting more authoritarian, so at this point China is getting more authoritarian than it was a few years ago.

@@Olav3D I guarantee you Joe Biden is more authoritarian than Xi.... Americans are very comfortable with labels and clueless of the outside world.

Why do you think China is less authoritarian today than the past? Consider this: Past China could not control how people talk, could not use surveillance camera to observe and punish people who behave badly. I don't think the fact that chinese people can travel more easily today play any significant role in assessing China's authoritarianness.

I hope they pay Western wumaos more than they pay the Chinese ones, cause you selling your soul to the Chinese Communist Party is pathetic lmao

There is a huge difference between leaking tons of government documents and getting in legal trouble for that in the US, and getting jailed or killed just for your political opinions in China.

@@Olav3D yes: the leaking was both legal and in line with what they proclaim is our political ideal. The dissidents are neither

@@Olav3D you hope they pay the Western wumaos? why would you hope that? What does your belief in a sould have to do with my political opinion?

I say Julian Assange