Posted on 12/02/2019 6:22:14 PM PST by MNJohnnie
An interview Michael Bloomberg did with Firing Line in September is getting renewed attention this week, given his getting into the 2020 Democratic presidential primary race.
Margaret Hoover said, “The United States currently accounts for about 15 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. China accounts for roughly 30 percent… Even if we get to net zero, how do you get China, India, and the other countries to be good partners?”
Bloomberg said that China “is doing a lot” now and said, “The communist party wants to stay in power in China, and they listen to the public. When the public says ‘I can’t breathe the air’ — Xi Jinping is not a dictator. He has to satisfy his constituents or he’s not going to survive.”
Hoover asked, “He’s not a dictator?”
“No, he has a constituency to answer to,” Bloomberg said.
As they went back and forth, Hoover expressed skepticism of the idea that the Chinese government would listen to the people like that, bringing up the protests in Hong Kong.
The interview has spread around online recently, with Bloomberg facing serious criticisms for offering that defense of China
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He is not a dictator. Who said he was. He is the China president.
really, not a dictator?
when was a real election held?
who was his opponents? what other political parties ran?
FFS
I take it you skipped Civics class a lot?
I lived in New York city when Bloomberg was Mayor and Bloomberg was most certainly a dictator. Every Monday he issued edicts on what was permitted and what wasn’t permitted
Missed it. Got it. Thanks.
No, reading comprehension was the challenging subject. Civics class I enjoyed and did well.
They don’t teach it anymore in school, and you know how I learned that? From the actor Richard Dreyfuss who I always thought was a liberal. When I went to my cousins for Thanksgiving I ask his son if he was learning about civics in school and he said “What’s that?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gzS2z_8wpA&t=198s
Thats because Bloomberg doesn’t see anything wrong with the way things are run over there, as a matter of fact I think he’s jealous.
“The communist party wants to stay in power in China, and they listen to the public.
Since you want to play word games...is the above clear enough for ya? :)
BTW, what did hitler call himself?
Bloomberg Ripped Over Recent Interview on China, Saying ‘Xi Jinping Is Not a Dictator
He is not a dictator. Who said he was. He is the China president.
Xi Jinping is a Chinese politician serving as the general secretary of the Communist Party of China, president of the People’s Republic of China, and chairman of the Central Military Commission. Xi has been Paramount Leader, the highest-ranking official in China, since 2012 and he officially received the title of “core leader” from the CPC in 2016. Yeah he is a dictator!
I am guessing he has substantial investments in China.
He doesn’t want Xi to make his investments go south.
Bloomberg may be a political idiot but he is not a financial idiot.
Yeah, he's actually a libertarian. Chinese can drunk whatever size soda they want!
And we see the screen torn away, and the naked New World Order globalist in all his glory.
Yeah the Left loves China. They lust after having that sort of power.
Bloomerbutt thinks Xi is not a dictator but Trump is. He has more money than brains.
Xi’s political thoughts have been written into the party and state constitutions. His tenure has also seen a return to a cult of personality and the removal of term limits for the presidency in 2018.
Yes, Xi Jinping has the "TITLE" of "president"; that doesn't really make him one...he IS a DICTATOR!
Hitler was appointed "Chancellor", in 1933 and then became "president" AND "Chancellor" by decree. AND HE WAS A DICTATOR!
Mussolini was actually sort of elected Prime Minister, but he was a DICTATOR.
And then there's Stalin!
Please learn some factual history!
not a brains issue, he likes more of the same ideas xi likes than trump.
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