It's not a functional democracy, they don't vote for a president, they vote for a guy who votes for a higher guy who votes for a higher guy all the way to the prime minister, and the system is so corrupt that anybody who is not going to fall in line is just not gonna be allowed to be in politics at all, so it doesn't matter who people vote for, the system dilutes their political will down to zero no matter what.

Yes China is way worse, but you said that the Dutch government said there was risks of going to the USA but then there was no risks mentioned about Japan, which is extremely absurd.

I believe in Japan and the USA the cops can get away with a lot more than in the EU.