Left my mark
NSFWAnd if you find yourself wanting to defend china, I ask; have you been there? Have you spent time there beyond being a tourist? Because if you have like me then there is no defending the dystopian nightmare that it is and no supporting or the nightmare that the US is becoming
Yes, the authoritarianism is very effective. Now try speaking your mind, or criticizing the government, or better yet, be an ethnic minority, and see how that works out.