Vietnam has unanimously elected Communist Party leader To Lam as president, consolidating his control over both party and state.

Vietnam unanimously elected Communist Party General Secretary To Lam as president for a five-year term, consolidating his control over both the party and the state.

The move departs from Vietnam’s tradition of shared leadership, in which the jobs have typically been held by different people, and echoes power structures in China under Xi Jinping and neighboring Laos.

It has been widely expected since Lam’s reelection as Communist Party head in January, when observers noted that his consolidation of party authority positioned him to assume the presidency as well.

  • marxismtomorrow@lemmy.todayEnglish
    1·
    12 hours ago

    also why are you bringing up the noted cia agent?

    To be clear, this isn’t even a controversial take btw. No human being, much less someone educated holds these beliefs:

    On the Islamic World

    Liu broadly supported U.S. militarism.[38]: 77  He supported U.S. President George W. Bush’s 2001 invasion of Afghanistan, his 2003 invasion of Iraq and subsequent reelection.[47][48][49][50] Liu supported other U.S. interventions in the Middle East as well,[38]: 77  alongside the Vietnam and Korean War.[49]

    In his 2004 article titled “Victory to the Anglo-American Freedom Alliance”, he praised the U.S.-led post-Cold War conflicts as “best examples of how war should be conducted in a modern civilization.” He wrote:

    "Regardless of the savagery of the terrorists, and regardless of the instability of Iraq's situation, and, what's more, regardless of how patriotic youth might despise proponents of the United States such as myself, my support for the invasion of Iraq will not waver. Just as, from the beginning, I believed that the military intervention of Britain and the United States would be victorious, I am still full of belief in the final victory of the Freedom Alliance and the democratic future of Iraq, and even if the armed forces of Britain and the United States should encounter some obstacles such as those that they are currently facing, this belief of mine will not change."[51]

    He also wrongly predicted that “a free, democratic and peaceful Iraq will emerge.”[51]

    He commented on Islamism that, “a culture and (religious) system that has produced this kind of threat (Islamic fundamentalism) must be inherently intolerant and bloodthirsty.” He also criticized the Iraq prison abuse scandals.[52] During the 2004 US presidential election, Liu again praised Bush for his war effort against Iraq and condemned Democratic Party candidate John Kerry for not sufficiently supporting the wars in which the U.S. was then involved.[51][53]

    On Israel, he said “without America’s protection, the long persecuted Jews who faced extermination during World War II, would probably be drowned once more by the Islamic world’s hatred.” He had defended U.S. policies in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, which he thought was effective in mediating between the two sides.

    • EightBitBlood@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      10 hours ago

      The Logic I’m using is called:

      Comparative Analysis Here’s a link on how it’s used. And how I used it to compare MAGA to China and why that works so well. .

      Because, No, MAGA is not a meritocracy at all in any way. It’s laughably corrupt and run by idiots. Same as your government, though you just can’t actually say that without getting in trouble. That’s not “BEST” for you in any conceivable way. Just for China. which is my point.

      I proved China banned this Winnie the Pooh movie from launching after you claimed China never did that at all. That it being banned at all was Western Propaganda.

      Now you accept China did indeed ban it, then moved your goal posts from it not being banned at all, to being okay that it was banned for a while. Now the propaganda I’m believing is that it’s not available.

      Cool. Can you tell me in a single sentence why it was banned to begin with? Now that you are actually admitting it was?

      You can’t. I know this. Pretty sure you do too.

      You literally do not have that freedom. Because that’s what’s "Best’ for China. So you won’t answer this.

      Same reason you can’t and won’t say Liu Xiaobo’s full name.

      The CIA does not run the Nobel committee. It’s an independent agency. Otherwise, Trump would have won the peace prize he wanted this year.

      So Liu Xiaobo winning the Nobel Peace prize in 2010 had nothing to due with the CIA. The Nobel committee awarded it to him and said the following about his works that you’re not allowed to read or know exist:

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Xiaobo

      … for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China",[107] saying that Liu had long been front-runner as the recipient of the prize.[108] Liu’s wife, Liu Xia, expressed gratitude on behalf of her husband to the Nobel Committee, Liu’s proposers, and those who have been supporting him since 1989, including the Tiananmen Mothers—family members or representatives of those who were killed, or had disappeared, in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. She said, “The prize should belong to all who signed Charter 08 and were jailed due to their support”.[109]

      Liu Xia informed her husband of his award during a visit to Jinzhou Prison on 9 October 2010, one day after the official announcement.[110] She reported that Liu wept and dedicated the award to those who suffered as a result of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989,[111] saying: “The award is first and foremost for the Tiananmen martyrs.”[112][113] After Mrs. Liu returned home, she was put under house arrest and was watched by armed guards.[111][112][113] She expressed the desire to attend the awards ceremony in Norway in December, but was skeptical of her chances of being allowed to do so.[114] Liu Xia wrote an open letter to 143 prominent figures, encouraging them to attend the award ceremony in Oslo.[115]

      Liu was the second person to have been denied the right to have a representative collect the Nobel Prize for him as well as the second to die in custody, with the first being Ossietzky.[116] Berit Reiss-Andersen, chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, blamed the Chinese communist regime for his death and said that “Liu Xiaobo had contributed to the fraternity of peoples through his non-violent resistance against the oppressive actions of the Communist regime in China.”[117]

      Let me guess, somehow, I’m still believing some form of propaganda put in place by the woke leftist CIA? And MOST importantly - these idiots somehow magically invented the Tianeman square massacre as well.

      This is a great moment to try and summarize my argument in a new way:

      I’ll admit you’re right about everything if you can do all of the following in a single comment -

      1. Type the full name “Liu Xiaobo”
      2. Explain in a single sentence why that Winnie the Pooh movie was banned in 2017.
      3. Type in the words “Tiananmen Square 1989” in that order.

      You literally aren’t allowed to do these things. So you won’t.

      You’ll instead write up a page of excuses as to why this is. And it will all be obvious propaganda the same as it is with MAGA. Because that’s what’s “BEST” for China: you repeating lies that protect them because otherwise you’ll realize you have no power to do anything other than that.

      FYI, I’ll happily link you to pictures of the corpses left behind at Tianamen Square to prove it happened. It includes pictures of the student protestors there holding pro-democracy signs and usually makes whoever I’m talking to in China never respond again.

      The neat trick about knowing about the prison you’re in better than you, is that I can just use it against you.

      China just calls that prison Democracy. And you believe them because you have no choice otherwise.

      By ALL means, let me know if you’d like me to prove my point more clearly.