https://ash.harvard.edu/publications/understanding-ccp-resilience-surveying-chinese-public-opinion-through-time If anyone wants some ammo. Its even better cause Harvard clearly hates the CCP and still has to admit the people love them, even as they insert little bits of cope throughout the paper. Just look at those tables. The approval jumps are insane.
We find that first, since the start of the survey in 2003, Chinese citizen satisfaction with government has increased virtually across the board. From the impact of broad national policies to the conduct of local town officials, Chinese citizens rate the government as more capable and effective than ever before. Interestingly, more marginalized groups in poorer, inland regions are actually comparatively more likely to report increases in satisfaction. Second, the attitudes of Chinese citizens appear to respond (both positively and negatively) to real changes in their material well-being, which suggests that sup-port could be undermined by the twin challenges of declining economic growth and a deteriorating natural environment. While the CCP is seemingly under no imminent threat of popular upheaval, it cannot take the support of its people for granted. Although state censorship and propaganda are widespread, our survey reveals that citizen perceptions of governmental performance respond most to real, measurable changes in individuals’ material well-being. For government leaders, this is a double-edged sword, as citizens who have grown accustomed to increases in living standards will expect such improvements to continue, and citizens who praise government officials for effective policies may indeed blame them when such policy failures affect them or their family members directly. While our survey reinforces narratives of CCP resilience, our data also point to specific areas in which citizen satisfaction could decline in today’s era of slowing economic growth and continued environmental degradation.
"The people love the government because they materially help them, but this is a double edged sword because they might not like the government if they stop materially helping them" :soviet-hmm:
It's as if they are implying (actually almost stating outright) that western governments are in a more comfortable position because they do not give a shit about their citizens, give them nothing and rule entirely through cultural hegemony, armored with force. As if their thesis is Macchiavelli and their antithesis is Gramsci and they look at the synthesis and say "this, but unironically."
Looking back, I feel like an idiot for editing school papers and second guessing the pure drivel I would type to take up space. If somebody on an actual payroll can write this out and hit submit with confidence . . . I should have been able to write literally fucking anything
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https://ash.harvard.edu/publications/understanding-ccp-resilience-surveying-chinese-public-opinion-through-time If anyone wants some ammo. Its even better cause Harvard clearly hates the CCP and still has to admit the people love them, even as they insert little bits of cope throughout the paper. Just look at those tables. The approval jumps are insane.
"The people love the government because they materially help them, but this is a double edged sword because they might not like the government if they stop materially helping them" :soviet-hmm:
It's as if they are implying (actually almost stating outright) that western governments are in a more comfortable position because they do not give a shit about their citizens, give them nothing and rule entirely through cultural hegemony, armored with force. As if their thesis is Macchiavelli and their antithesis is Gramsci and they look at the synthesis and say "this, but unironically."
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Looking back, I feel like an idiot for editing school papers and second guessing the pure drivel I would type to take up space. If somebody on an actual payroll can write this out and hit submit with confidence . . . I should have been able to write literally fucking anything