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I think, to an extent, Western-style liberal democracy is never going to work in China. In any big country, it has a nearly universal tendency to turn into oligarchy.
Liberal democracy is oligarchic period. Liberal legal frameworks exist to allow the rich to control the playing field.
If you look back at the first comment I made on this thread, you'll see that this is exactly what I said. Liberal democracy has a historic tendency to turn into oligarchy.
You said "in any big country."
Direct democracy works fabulously in small communes.
Direct democracy and liberal democracy are extremely different things
That is true, but you might notice that there is some space between these two categories. Germany is a pretty small country, and it's also an oligarchy.