>they dont have democracy Whatever system PRC is, rigourous surveys have consistently shown they overwhelmingly approve of it. And according to democracy perce

>they dont have democracy Whatever system PRC is, rigourous surveys have consistently shown they overwhelmingly approve of it. And according to democracy perception index, significantly more Chinese view their system as democratic and democracy was important vs democratic decline in west. Democracy in this case being full process democracy - CCPs Democracy with Chinese characteristics. Regardless, flip side of whatever role of surveilliance in mediating speech is made up in improving security and enforcing laws that has vastly improved QoL. Pre mass survelliance PRC cities were chaotic as fuck, it's fun wild west if you're an expat, but most people prefer order. >But democracy grows like weed I would say most of human history demonstrates power aggregates towards some for of authoritarianism, especially in risky geopolitical enviroments.