I don't know about that. What makes China's political situation difficult is that the control and censorship they impose on their people is easier to justify wh

I don't know about that. What makes China's political situation difficult is that the control and censorship they impose on their people is easier to justify when the economic fortunes of the average Chinese person has risen for decades. "Why complain? Life is getting better!" Authoritarianism is a lot less appealing when the ruling party doesn't deliver. In the US there is a sense that the political system is certainly influenced by corporations, lobbying groups, HNI, foreign actors, etc. but generally we are to blame for electing idiots as president. We did this to ourselves.