Title, I'm a leftist but after reading some things on lemmygrad and here it seems I might have been lied to all my life. I have talked with some people from Cuba and Venezuela (expats) that support the west narrative about poverty and mismanagement. I "believe" that Russia is attacking Ukraine for selfish reasons and that China censors access to foreign information using the Great Firewall, please prove me wrong. Furthermore, it ultimately depends who do you want to believe or there are hard facts from reputable sources that are simply a hidden by the mass media?
EDIT: Thanks everyone for your very civil responses. I'll answer as many as I can!
There is a Harvard study that shows continuous improvement in the public's views towards the government. What would be the reasoning for this if it's not because they truly are satisfied? Harvard isn't going to tell the CPC that these people said they were dissatisfied for a number of reasons. Is your thought that they're just so brainwashed they just believe it's good even while it isn't like some kind of Republican in Florida?
https://ash.harvard.edu/news/ash-center-researchers-release-landmark-chinese-public-opinion-study