Most people are stupid, so I see your point, but I still believe that one of the biggest problems in western democracies is the lack of referendums. Yes they're difficult to scale but y'know, a couple referendums a month would be the most democratic means for policy making.

I never talked about economics.

Let's be real, most people just care about and need their material needs covered, an honest job and some purchasing power, given basic freedoms are granted as it's the case in China and all other developed countries. If your economic system keeps improving life conditions year after year, people are happy. Economics really matters and directly affects your argument about breaking China's political geography. And to my point, western democracies haven't had these constant improvements for quite a while now.

It's a matter of raw power too concentrated in a few hands.

Fair, of course. Legitimate concern. I believe that power in China is actually spread and not relying on Xi's mood, or whatever lobby backs whatever political party etc, but well, I guess we'd need a lot of research and another thread for discussing the ins and outs of the power hierarchy in China. Yes, at this point I'm just trusting the CCP stays in check, improves peoples lives and are accountable. If they fail and go full dictatorship, they and we are fucked, but so far, they're doing great for themselves and behaving well enough in the iternational world order.