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Perceptions of democracy in China are higher than in the US, the UK, and France (lemmy.ml)
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The data is coming from the world's largest democracy perception study, published by the Alliance of Democracies Foundation (a Danish-based non-profit organisation).

https://socialistchina.org/2025/03/27/studies-show-strong-public-support-for-chinas-political-system/

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[–] korsystems@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago

Democracies have never been anything other than disguised oligarchies. As good old Blanqui said: "What is a democrat, I pray you? It is a vague, banal word, without precise meaning, a rubber word. Everyone claims to be a democrat."