Will Xi Jinping and Putin still be elected officials when Humans are orbiting the moon?
Will Xi Jinping and Putin still be elected officials when Humans are orbiting the moon?
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Resolves Yes if both are elected officials

Resolves 50% if only one is

Resolves No if Xi Jinping and Putin are no longer elected officials

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6mo

Maybe change the title to "state officials" instead of "elected officials" ?

Neither of them are meaningfully elected. Sham "elections" are not.

11mo

Are any of Xi Jinping's offices elected? I thought he was de jure appointed by the legislature.

11mo

@Multicore The General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party is elected by delegates during the National Congress. Peasants don't get a vote.

11mo

Does it have to be walk on the moon, or is humans orbiting the moon enough to satisfy this?

11mo

@No_ones_ghost Orbit is good enough for this one. Changed the title to show that and made another market for walking on Moon: here

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