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Biden again calls Xi a ‘dictator’ after critical summit 🤡 (thehill.com)
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[–] qwename@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

If I'm not mistaken, the US does not have direct democracy for presidential elections (https://www.usa.gov/electoral-college) nor the lawmaking process (https://www.usa.gov/how-laws-are-made). Unless you're referring other forms of direct democracy in the US (https://ballotpedia.org/Forms_of_direct_democracy_in_the_American_states) or elsewhere in the world like Russian presidential elections.

As for how China's president is elected, these two videos basically sum it up: