China has lashed out at Germany after its foreign minister called Xi Jinping a “dictator” and summoned Berlin’s ambassador for a dressing down, in the latest flaring of tensions with a western democratic power over how the Chinese leader is described overseas.

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Hitler obviously wasn’t a dictator as he was democratically elected by a majority (after competing parties were banned) and then -just out of situational necessity of course- got a lot of extra powers to ignore laws and constitution.

Yeah, I see how that Chinese definition works.

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Hexbear would be seething… if they could read.

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Hitler obviously wasn’t a dictator as he was democratically elected by a majority (after competing parties were banned) and then -just out of situational necessity of course- got a lot of extra powers to ignore laws and constitution.

wow, just like zelensky!

history sure is wacky sometimes…

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What extra powers did Zelensky give himself then that his predecessor did not have?

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The power of staying in nice hotels around the world, racking a lot of cash while sending the poor people of his country to the meat grinder.

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