It really is like this

NONE@lemmy.world · edit-2 7 hours ago

It really is like this

Carl@lemm.ee · edit-2 18 hours ago

Do you take the Chinese citizens at theirs?

We find that first, since the start of the survey in 2003, Chinese citizen satisfaction with government has increased virtually across the board. From the impact of broad national policies to the conduct of local town officials, Chinese citizens rate the government as more capable and effective than ever before. Interestingly, more marginalized groups in poorer, inland regions are actually comparatively more likely to report increases in satisfaction. Second, the attitudes of Chinese citizens appear to respond (both positively and negatively) to real changes in their material well-being, which suggests that support could be undermined by the twin challenges of declining economic growth and a deteriorating natural environment.

Very few governments on this planet have approval numbers this good, and even fewer have numbers this good when it’s a neutral third party conducting the surveys.

SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world · edit-2 18 hours ago

I’m sorry but a dictator for life is a dealbreaker.

I’ll admit that a truly dedicated and benevolent dictator could run a good society, there are a few examples in the past too.

But it’s going to collapse once daddy dies like every dictatorship.

diplodocus@lemmy.sdf.org · 15 hours ago

Carl@lemm.ee · 17 hours ago

What makes you think Xi is a dictator? If your answer is “because that’s the vibe I get from American Government propaganda”, then you should reassess the things you think you know about the world. The truth is that China has a very vibrant and active democracy that is much more responsive to the demands of its people than that of most other nations, and Xi is merely the one currently at the top of that democratic system.