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Through accidents of history, geography and our evolutionary past, the people of the East are more temperamentally adapted to more authoritarian styles of government. Civil society is not nearly as much of a necessity for your average citizen in China or Japan (let's be real here, the democracy of Japan is not at all like that of the West) or Singapore (again, a country that has tolerated an authoritarian party for over 4 decades, yet still a very prosperous and wealthy nation) in order to live a happy and fulfilled life.

Don't get me wrong though, I'm not at all against Western liberal democratic societies. Present and likely future challenges notwithstanding, it has worked well for the West for more or less two centuries now. And if the citizens of the China eventually decide to travel down that path ourselves, then by all means, I won't be one to stand in the way. What I am adamantly against though, is the intentional undermining and fomentation of political unrest by the West in countries like China, or even North Korea. For China, this isn't as much of a problem now as it used to be say back in 1989 (Tiananmen), but clearly this is still a card the US will never fold (ex. support of Uyghur and Tibetan separatists, advocating for FLG cultists, Voice of America), even though its value becomes increasingly dubious.

China is the oldest continuous civilization in the world today, inhabited by the same people, who honor the same culture and reside in the same land. We don't, never did, and never will need to live by the standards of the West. So in fact, it's tough shit for you. Deal with it.

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