Poll Finds the World Views America as a Much Bigger “Threat to Democracy” Than China

When the top US diplomats met with the top Chinese diplomats, the latter chided the former, saying they act like aggressive barbarians with an unearned right to rule the entire world. The Chinese said that America is a corrupt country, where the population does not believe in their electoral system, and people constantly riot.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken was dumbfounded by the negativity, and could only mutter out a slogan: “America is back.”

It turns out, Antony Blinken was wrong: America is not back.

Or is it…? 

The Guardian:

The US faces an uphill task presenting itself as the chief guardian of global democracy, according to a new poll that shows the US is seen around the world as more of a threat to democracy than even Russia and China.

The poll finds support for democracy remains high even though citizens in democratic countries rate their governments’ handling of the Covid crisis less well than people in less democratic countries.

Inequality is seen as the biggest threat to global democracy, but in the US the power of big tech companies is also seen as a challenge.

The findings come in a poll commissioned by the Alliance of Democracies Foundation among 50,000 respondents in 53 countries.

The results will make stark reading for the G7 foreign ministers as they hold a final day of talks in London in which they have collectively assumed the role as bulwarks of democratic values determined to confront autocracy.

“Bulwarks of democratic values” who are “confronting autocracy” has to be the most vapid reasoning for a war ever in history.

Does anyone know what “democratic values” even are? Other than gay anal sex, gay blowjobs and gay rimjobs?

I mean, obviously we know that it is just a stand-in for the agenda. But can you imagine someone thinking “ah yes, our values”? I guess those would be the same people that wear masks out jogging, who just literally believe anything authority says.

People like the BLM-supporting white woman who got pulled over by the Mexican.

Contrary to something someone might tell you, that video doesn’t prove that “liberals are the real racists,” it just proves that everyone has “racist” thoughts. It’s the same thing with the anti-China agenda. Affluent white female liberals don’t like Asians any more than MAGApedes.

The Guardian asserts, without evidence, that Donald Trump is to blame for these results.

The survey was carried out by the Latana polling company between February and April, so a hangover effect of Donald Trump’s “America first” foreign policy may linger in the findings. Overall the results show perceptions of the US starting to improve from last year.

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In perhaps the most startling finding, nearly half (44%) of respondents in the 53 countries surveyed are concerned that the US threatens democracy in their country; fear of Chinese influence is by contrast 38%, and fear of Russian influence is lowest at 28%. The findings may in part reflect views on US comparative power, but they show neither the US, nor the G7, can simply assume the mantle of defenders of democracy.

What is the purpose of that editorializing?

The US government can and will assume the mantle, and the rest of the world will assume the position or be sanctioned and bombed.

Despite The Guardian’s attempt to blame Trump for this hate, they admit that the negativity has more than doubled since the fourth year of Trump’s presidency.

Since last year, the perception of US influence as a threat to democracy around the world has increased significantly, from a net opinion of +6 to a net opinion of +14. This increase is particularly high in Germany (+20) and China (+16).

The countries still overwhelmingly negative about US influence are Russia and China, followed by European democracies.

The study shows an attachment to democracy globally, with 81% of people around the world saying that it is important to have democracy in their country. Only a little more than half (53%) say their country is actually democratic today – even in democracies.

Again, very weird editorializing there.

China calls itself “a democracy.” China is not fighting for “autocracy,” and no one really knows what that word means. If the implication is that a government needs to be ruled by a council of elites rather than an actual leader, then that definition would conflict with the definitions people in the rest of the world have of the word.

The study actually admits that in China, 71% view the country as democratic enough.

Half the people surveyed (48%) say the power of big tech companies, as opposed to the simple existence of social media, is a threat to democracy in their country. Among democracies, the US is the most concerned about big tech (62%), but wariness is growing in many countries compared with last year, reflected in broad support for greater regulation of social media.

Voters in Norway, Switzerland and Sweden are most confident their country is democratic, but so are the Chinese, where 71% agree that China has the right amount of democracy. In Russia only 33% think their country is democratic. Global support for Joe Biden’s plans to stage a Democracy Summit is high in every country save China and Russia.

The article doesn’t link the study, but I would assume that 71% is the highest of any relevant country on the map.

More than 71% of Chinese people support the Chinese Communist Party, they just don’t all value democracy. The government has a vastly higher approval rating among its own people than any Western country.

You have to ask: if we’re going on a mission to save people from their own governments, wouldn’t we start with the least popular ones, and then work our way up?

I have to say: as an American, I view the United States Government as a much bigger threat to my personal freedom and autonomy than China.

It has to be said:

No Chinaman ever called me “goy.”