If we bring your analogy all the way, we must assume that the majority of Chinese people secretly want imprisoned murderers freed, rather than supporting their

If we bring your analogy all the way, we must assume that the majority of Chinese people secretly want imprisoned murderers freed, rather than supporting their incarceration. If imprisoned murderers are like empowered politicians, then toppling the government is like freeing the murderers. A revolution of the status quo. That's an obviously ridiculous claim to make; Chinese people do not want the dangerous murderers freed.