![In the ongoing power struggle between the United States, China, and Russia, each superpower utilizes propaganda to promote its own version of democracy or autocracy.](https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/us-vs-china-russia-superpower-propaganda-democracy-autocracy-05252023-1.jpg?w=519&h=259&crop=1)
The final communique of last weekend’s G-7 summit left no doubt that the West views Russia as a malign global player and enemy, and considers China to be a competitor, rival and potential threat. That is the position among the governments and leaders of the world’s richest democracies. But what about the world’s population at large?