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phar@lemmy.world 1 day agoNo it seems the problem is you appear to think because there are a few positives, the governments are functional. So I guess it depends on what you mean by functional. You are welcome to disagree, I was just clearing up what I meant. There are people that say at least Hitler made the trains run on time. I wouldn’t say functional though.
frisbird@lemmy.ml 20 hours ago
Would you say that a government is functional if a highly biased university research project spanning 15 years determined that over 95% of people approved of their government, even accounting for the possible ways these numbers could be skewed?
news.harvard.edu/…/long-term-survey-reveals-chine…
phar@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
I would not trust any research that states 95% of people agree on almost anything, that’s extremely unlikely in any situation ever. Any study saying 95% of people approve of their government of all things sounds like coersion, faking, or simply a culture that fosters saying something regardless of truth. If you asked thousands of people in Russia if they approve of the government, they’ll say yes. But they aren’t being truthful. I’m betting they didn’t interview certain groups as well, as those folks are being killed by the Chinese govt. So yes one study saying one thing is definitely not enough to overcome the hurdles.
gustofwind@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
You just blindly reject Harvard research because deep down inside you know better, right?
It must actually boggle your mind that people can honestly approve of their government even when that government isn’t doing anything special
Did you know around 80% of republicans support Trump? That’s about the same % of Russians who agree w Putin. You can go look that up.
Your intuitive knowledge is worthless
phar@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Yea, I’m sure all those folks in Hong Kong that were rioting approve of their new government overlords. I’m sure the Uyghurs would say they’re doing just a fine job. The article even mentions they didn’t ask laborers. I don’t disagree that they asked those people and they did respond that way. However whether people answer truthfully about their authoritarian government is a completely different thing. So yes, I do question this one single survey done of a small sample size and there’s really no way for them to account for everything. How many other peer reviewed studies do you have besides this one?