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Originally Posted by JohnnyB
China's middle class will be over 500 million before 2025, but there's little indication of demand for democracy. Actually, I think there are many who view democracy as being worse, partially resulting from how things are going in the West in recent years.
Most people in China typically don't take an interest in politics, even in the middle class.
It has been said that the West has democracy, China has social media. The government tracks trends and is responsive. As long as the government keeps doing a good job, nobody cares about democratic representation.
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I have to assume most of that is because the government controls education, and tries to control everything they see. So If they don't want their citizenry to take part in politics, or be educated about democracy, they can do a pretty good job of indoctrinating them into that.