China is more democratic than America, say the people

[xizhimen]

China is more democratic than America, say the people
Ben Schott, Bloomberg
27 June, 2020, 01:30 pm

"No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise," said Winston Churchill in 1947. "Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time." It would seem that most people agree.

Overall, 78% of people believe that democracy is important; around the world, that number ranges from 92% in Greece (the "cradle of democracy") to 50% in Iran (a "theocratic republic," according to the Central Intelligence Agency).

However, even 40% of those living in bona fide democracies (those countries classified as "free" by Freedom House) believe that their country is not, in fact, democratic.


The disparity between those who believe in democracy and those who think they live in a democracy is the "perceived democratic deficit," according to the Democracy Perception Index, an annual survey of 124,000 people across 53 countries conducted by Dalia Research, in collaboration with the Alliance of Democracies. The greater the deficit, the more citizens feel that their country fails to honor their democratic ideals.


Interestingly, every one of the 53 countries surveyed in both 2020 and 2019 had some form of deficit, indicating that even in the freest of societies, democracy remains a work in progress or even an unattainable goal.

The countries with the smallest deficits in 2020 include Taiwan, Philippines, Switzerland, Denmark and Saudi Arabia; those with the largest include Venezuela, Poland, Hungary, Ukraine and Nigeria.

Charted below are the survey results from 20 countries, and they illustrate some startling beliefs — not least that 73% of Chinese consider China to be democratic, whereas only 49% of Americans believe the same about the US.

China is more democratic than America, say the people

"No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise," said Winston Churchill in 1947.

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[xizhimen]

Democracy or not should not be decided by the western governments, the final say should lie with the people.

What democracy means to the Chinese people

 

[GeHAC]

Here is the critical fact that even though western society perceives China as non-democratic nation, its people have as much faith in the system's dynamic just as 'democratic nations'. China managed to reveal the fact that you dont have to follow US textbook to have system working well. That's how you cut out the source of color revolution ultilized by US as geopolitical instrument. Because you have to admit that whether letting color revolution success or just supress it with harsh hand, the US get what it wants (eliminating geopolitical challenger) by disrupting and weakening your system.

 

[Iñigo]

China is meritocratic
USA is an oligarchy regime

to say that USA (1991-) is a democracy is a bad joke

in USA there are two cultural identities and, therefore, the ruling class wears two masks

 

[danger007]

Yes china is one and only democratic country
... because people don't complain against their govt or ccp... or may be they can't complain.... citizens are happy indeed for the achievement or being monitored by..

 

[Iñigo]

Demo-crazy ... is the power of the Madness

chinese people have no interest in demo-crazy

China is a Meritocratic system

Another big question is the American Joke: the power of the Duopoly voter is exactly zero

In America the oligarchy have all the power

 

[vi-va]

Of the people, by the people, for the people.

While US:
Of the rich, by the rich, for the rich.

 

[Beast]

Yes china is one and only democratic country
... because people don't complain against their govt or ccp... or may be they can't complain.... citizens are happy indeed for the achievement or being monitored by..

Why they need to complain when CPC still can produced result under pandemic situation of 2.3% growth vs some who suffer -7.7% decline but stiff out any opposition view by giving fake survey of 90% approval despite being incompetent.

 

[ToddBing]

Yes china is one and only democratic country
... because people don't complain against their govt or ccp... or may be they can't complain.... citizens are happy indeed for the achievement or being monitored by..

Just the opposite, not only Chinese people can complain our govt, but also our govt is really good at listening to people's voice.

Just a little simple, in the recent past, the nonage violent crime was a bit more, and in the past Chinese's law was too loose to the nonage criminal, and was widly discussed over the internet in China.

In a few months,the govt listened to different opinions toward this topic, and now decide to amend the laws, lower the age for violent criminal responsibility from 14 to 12, and most people is satisfied with the amendment,which makes our society more safe.