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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because the Tsar and the Chinese warlords and Battista and Imperial Japanese occupation where pillars of democracy before those countries' revolutions. Also like 90% of Chinese citizens are happy with their government, vs a sad 20% of Americans.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Odd how people in a country where it's illegal to not be happy with the government report being happy with the government

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Westerners hate their government so much that they cannot see beyond their own parochial worldview to even entertain the idea that some people would feel generally supportive of their government.

Those sneaky Orientals must be lying in order to trick is good, honest, non-perfidious enlightened westerners again.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Easterners who hate their government disappear or learn to hide it. Westerners get to piss and moan.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If it's illegal then why didn't the last 10ish% also say they approve?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Shh don’t ask that

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

God you are ignorant

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Let's try a different tack then - if it's illegal to disapprove of the government and you'll be locked up for it, and 10% of the population voice disapproval, why are only 0.12% of the population imprisoned? Do you actually understand the logistical undertaking disappearing or imprisoning over 140 million people would be? Do you not think it's more likely that it's just not illegal to disapprove, and that they really do generally approve of their government?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I believe in your ability to figure it out. Hint: it's the same reason Putin has consistently high approvals in surveys

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The 90% figure comes from the Harvard Kennedy School ASH Centre for Democratic Governance and Innovation. There is no fucking possible way you are suggesting that Harvard University is distributing CPC propaganda.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Read the Harvard study, it directly refutes this point of view and even charts some problems Chinese citizens said they have with the government. I cannot imagine being as ignorant as you lmao