• OurToothbrush@lemmy.mlM
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    1 year ago

    In China, “approval ratings” get measured from the perspective of “is my life improving?” rather than “would my life be improving more under someone else?”

    Wow, an actual useful metric for whether the government is responsive to the populations needs.

    Basically, what I’m saying is that the US would have a higher effective approval rating in the Chinese context than it does today, because many American lives ARE improving under the American government.

    Except for life expectancy reductions, child malnutrition, literacy rate reductions, etc

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      1 year ago

      Sure, I agree. The US is basically adopting Deng Xiaoping’s policies on common prosperity: to develop some regions and pray that it drives less-developed regions.

      Of course, that doesn’t really work in a capitalist structure.