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Ah yes, get rid of extremism with different extremism. I think we've been there already. Spoiler: Didnt work.
First, a societal organization outside the Western norm has no bearing on if it will be successful or not. The "middle" has no superior intrinsic characteristics.
Second, we know Socialism works, the PRC is now becoming the de facto world power as the US falls, all while providing dramatic improvements for its people and increasing levels of satisfaction.
What, specifically, doesn't work?
That first chart isn't even trying to hide that is fake. It's depicting a perfect mirroring.
Here's the Pew Research data it draws from.
Conveniently, clicking through to the actual data returns a 404.
Pretty odd, considering it's the official Pew Research website, but the findings are not out of consistency with similar polls on approval for the government and the continuous improvements in purchasing power for the working class.