[mlillie]

Americans on any problem: "You've got to vote with your wallet to change the world! That's the spirit of the free market and liberal democracy!"

China votes with wallet

Americans: "This is 'authoritarianism'"

[dba7dba]

China doesn't really vote with wallet. It's CCP telling/herding/forcing people of China what to do and the populace is going along, because the alternative isn't pretty for them.