Being an American living in the U.S., I can speak considerable volumes of this "shit show" and how ridiculous our (I use 'our' loosely) political system is. To keep it short and to the point, my go-to explanation is the following:-
"The only difference between the Chinese people and the American people is that the Chinese know their news media is propaganda and political system is rigged. The American people have yet to figure that out."
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As such, Americans (the vast majority who are subpar in the intelligence department) are allowing themselves to be manipulated and emotions played with and thus act according to the government's manipulation. It's a smoke screen. They are playing straight out of Robert Greene's The 48 Laws of Power.
It works better than Napoleonic/Third Reich dictatorships.
Point of fact, anarchy is beyond the processing limits of humans. They need to be controlled in some way. In modern society this is proportional to population density. The more compact they are; the more law and order is needed to keep it prosperous. And when authority lacks integrity you have corruption. And "private" elements taking up control responsibility. (See everything Mexico and South)
One noteable exception/example being the Walled City of Kowloon, which was razed in the 90's after years of Triad control and unregulated living. But there were still Triads to collect rent.
Society of millions are all unnatural. Something that evolved with the ideas of civilization. How to best control a society with respect to longevity? Democracy is how you can have a controlled society that thinks it has a choice. I can say, "Biden is a spineless back peddling consensus appeasing progressive that has not the intestinal fortitude to lead a crises ridden nation".
And therein is the divergence in type of control between The USA and China. In the USA they want me to say that because it's an "inalienable right" that plays into the grand illusion of freedom and democracy. In China they will likely come after you because they want you to know there is one party, The Peoples Party, and China is going to do what China wants to do. And you will do for China.
If we are picking our slavery, and since I don't want to move off the grid, I will take the one with the most fanciful illusions of freedom present.
And there are a lot of applicable countries. Mainly the ones that copied The American constitution. But it's still an evolution of societal control.
And unfortunately, one that is a fanciful unrealistic pipe dream to do without.
* If I wore the glasses I need I would catch these typos.
