Who is talking about having them adopt China's system? How do you conclude that this is something I would endorse? In any case, I would be happy to administer your test on people if the questions weren't leading — that is, they would need to ask, "Is there more than one way for a government to enjoy political legitimacy?" or something to that effect.

More interestingly, your response seems to suggest to me that you're also someone who believes that the ballot box is the only possible basis of legitimacy, yeah? So all states outside of a few Greek city-states until the late 18th century were illegitimate, and in that and the following two centuries, a huge portion were also illegitimate?

Finally, can we at least agree that you're not going to do this "....but Taiwan???" comment on every post of mine you take issue with? This is at least the third time you've done it and I'm sensing serious deja vu, having to talk about scale and historical conditions again and again.