@liztai Thanks to this post, I learned about the term "white man's burden" 🤣 damn but that's accurate to how some Westerners think in god's year 2023. Even the supposed enlightened ones.
FWIW, lots of Western democracies are anything but. It's a popularity contest that puts the most charismatic (and/or populist) person in power, regardless of their actual qualifications . Not to say that China's schtick is any better IMO (I'm a native of a former commie state, so seen both sides) but, yeah.