This 👇 is pretty funny and, I checked, it's real: the title of the Princeton study is "Political Discontent in China Is Associated with Isolating Personality Traits" (https://t.co/tQfBU7lnkb).
In a nutshell, Princeton University found that those who dislike the Communist Party of China are predominantly socially awkward "losers", meaning people defined - in the study - as "fearful, anxious, introverted, disagreeable, disorganized, unable to forgive, and suffering from low self-esteem."
Those who like the CPC, conversely, score high on confidence, sociability, conscientiousness, and work ethic - what the study calls "traits associated with personal and professional success."
Interestingly, the first group (the disagreeable and low self-esteem "losers" who dislike the CPC) only make up roughly 5% of the Chinese population according to the study, which completely inverts the stereotype one might expect: "dissidents" in China aren't charismatic, cosmopolitan, open-minded intellectuals rebelling against conformity - those guys are overwhelmingly supporters of the Party.
This, the study argues, is one of the quiet reasons the CPC is so durable. Its critics are, by personality, precisely the people least equipped to build coalitions, mobilize others, or persuade anyone of anything. Dissent in China isn't so much suppressed as it is, statistically, the weirdo muttering on his own at the back of the bus.