eh. And there are many more well-educated middle class Chinese who generally believe in the ideas behind the CCP. Maybe not the implementation details - this po

eh. And there are many more well-educated middle class Chinese who generally believe in the ideas behind the CCP. Maybe not the implementation details - this policy, for example, is boneheaded and will disproportionately affect the middle class. But I've spoken to many who will acknowledge the benefits of democracy while simultaneously claiming that their system is the only system suited for China. (In fact I think this is an area Chinese people do much better in - they know much more about the West than we do about the East) I'm against this tendency of implicitly assuming democracy to be undeniably good; you risk assuming bad faith from people who genuinely believe otherwise. It is also kind of off-putting to assume a superior default position by virtue of having a democratic system. Especially now, when it invites so many easy attacks - the quality of western leadership, the handling of covid-19, etc.