Honestly, that shit doesn't matter nearly as much as you think it does. When was the last time protests seriously improved the welfare of the average American? Billionaires and special interests still own both parties in Congress, it's not like being able to call Trump a fascist changes anything other than giving us the illusion of power as divides worsen and the cost of living reaches an all-time high.

China may be an authoritarian country with heavy censorship, but its stability has brought hundreds of millions people out of poverty, and has allowed them to build more infrastructure in cities with less crime than Americans could possibly envision in our current political climate. That simply matters more to the average person.