Posted on 11/06/2026 12:55:28 PM PST by DFG
China’s state-run Global Times wrote in the wake of the U.S. midterms that “the ‘myth’ of Western-style democracy is losing its appeal, even in the West.”
The Chinese Communist paper did not explain why it decided to put its own cheap shot of “myth” in scare quotes, as the word was not quoted from any other source, and the point of the editorial was that democracy is mythical because the citizens of the U.S. and other Western nations do not actually believe their votes bring them better government.
The Global Times was enthralled with public opinion polls that showed deep cynicism among Western voters:
A poll released by the Pew Research Center this year shows that public satisfaction with how democracy works in their own countries is declining dramatically. Dissatisfaction rate stands at 69 percent in France, 68 percent in Spain, 62 percent in Italy, 47 percent in Poland and 69 percent in the US. In fact, sustained tracking by several other prominent Western polling organizations, including Ipsos and Gallup, points to the same trend: Dissatisfaction with the functioning of democracy in Western countries is evolving from isolated discontent into a widespread public sentiment.
According to a relevant OECD survey released this year, 68 percent of respondents believe that voting in an election has a significant or moderate influence on what government does, but only 31 percent are confident that people like them have a say in what government does. When people seeking to have their concerns addressed find that their votes often fail to translate into policy responses, their confidence in democracy naturally erodes in the face of reality.
The Global Times argued that Westerners’ “dissatisfaction with democracy” flows from “the failure of existing democratic institutions to respond effectively to public demands and meet societal needs.”
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I’m thinking the neo-communist progs here in the US are liking democracy just fine right about now.
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The world is tired of democracy!!!!! Ha haaaaaas! And nobody is more tired of democracy than democrats!
No big surprise there...Along with the rest of the Commie and Islamic world....
Okay. Let's run with that. Why are people flooding in to democracies and not into China?
Ha Ha Ha HAMAS. Half of the world sides with evil and half of the world sides with good. Evil won this election cycle.
I do have to give them credit though. The first time they ignored the down ballot choices . This time they included them. They did ignore the ballot propositions though.
Sum Ting Wong. I want to see the numbers. I’m thinking some precincts experienced more than 100% turnout.
a little off subject but relevant:
I was at a store and the greeter/security near the entrance couldn’t keep his mouth shut from saying “Republicans got shellacked” to just about anyone passing by.
I stopped and said “Sir, you know who really got shellacked? your kids, grandkids and their kids.”
He just looked at me and didnt say anything. I walked away. One day it may make sense to him.
I’m not worried about the chinese taking over America cause the muzzies will beat them to it at the rate we are going now,
Post 2, "And the reason that I should lay awake nights worrying about what Wal-Mart imports is???"
Post 5, "Maybe. Why do I care? Is it illegal? Immoral? Unconstitutional? Would I get a better deal otherwise?"
Post 9, "yeah whatever....just go ahead and bash WalMart. This is how the world works and I kind of like the low prices myself...."
Post 30, "but the pseudo communists always come out of the woodwork in a WalMart thread...." (you have to follow the thread to get this one).
Post 33, this person turned out to be a prophet, "It is gonna be interesting when we need to make tanks to fight the Chinese? We have exported our manufacturing base."
Post 56, "Why is this even important? Why should we care what % of their inventory they import whether it be from China or any other country?"
Post 79, "Translation: I won't answer this because my answer would call for protectionism and this would lead to another debacle along the lines of that which occurred when Smoot-Hawley was enacted to "fix" the economy in the 1930's."
Post 94, in reply to post 79 above, "That sums up the mindset of the Wal-Mart bashing brigade here."
China June trade surplus swells five-fold
Post 255, "Why should I pay higher prices for any item, just to satisfy someone else's concept of fair trade."
Post 287, "This applies to the anti-free traders also. USA - we've got ours, screw you. No you can't have access to our markets, we want to keep you poor."
Post 301, "So far I have been accused of being a communist chinese plant to influence Free Republic for taking the free trade position. (So far) Now Free Trade advocates are being lumped with the Islamofacists? I'm building quite the resume!"
I have been tired of democracy for most of my adult life - I wish I had people around me interested in restoring The Republic.
Republics are always better than democracies. No matter what foolishness Churchill has to say on the topic.
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