Not sure how zhu was viewed as more possible for democracy. Note that what he did was the most brutal form of autocratic policy making, by forcing unemployment

Not sure how zhu was viewed as more possible for democracy. Note that what he did was the most brutal form of autocratic policy making, by forcing unemployment of millions of workers who are not trained to live in a different system; was possible because of autocratic government; and his policy pretty much made the rich out of the ranks of former government officials just like what happened to the Russian oligarchs. I am guessing the rich do know how to court the expectations from inside and outside. And I often hear praises from Chinese people to zhu, while at the same time none of them suffer during zhu's policies...