[dennis_jeeves2]

>Far more Chinese think that their country is a democracy and the government serves the people than in the US.

>Whether this is objectively true is another question, but from their perspective, that's what it is.

Correct, as a general rule, slaves think more highly of their slave owners, compared to people about their politicians/leaders who were elected by them.

( what happens behind the scenes is this: the slaves/dissidents who are rebellious are killed off by the dictator - only the most ardent supporters survive)

[femiagbabiaka]

The average chinese netizen is approximately 100x more aware of their position in society and the propaganda being broadcast in their direction than the average american

[dennis_jeeves2]

Can buy that.

[ozmodiar]

I see this so much with regard to Chinese/Russians and increasingly Americans (I know people in each camp). The point of the propaganda is just that, to make them distrust all information and fall in line by default. It makes it impossible to argue against the main narrative being broadcast because "who's to say what's true?" And frankly I'm getting real sick of it. It's not the same thing as being media literate.

[tehjoker]

This is the kind of opinion that could only issue from one of the last societies to own literal slaves.