Which is why you should support China, as a recent Harvard Kennedy School survey found that over 93% of the Chinese people are satisfied with their central government.
https://ash.harvard.edu/files/ash/files/final_policy_brief_7.6.2020.pdf See page 3
Facts don't care about your feelings
Local government approval is also that level in the US. Federal though is trash, both due to trump and generally people in the us blame the fed instead of local officials. See also the high approval of local congress people but dogshit approvals of congress. Interesting inverse of China where local is lower than federal. Propaganda and reaction, as well as old remanents of republicanism that can't deal with wage labor drives it in the US imo, like 61 percent of the country wanted more deregulation in 2012, fuck 41 percent want it now.