So what I recall for context of seeing this suggestion, is something along the lines of “Wow, what I hear about the US Gov and conditions from you guys reminds me of our own [Chinese] history during Republican era.” (This was a recurring comment I had seen in multiple places), so I think I found the recommendation (to someone else) along these lines.

and yeah. I get why someone might see parallels, it was a dark and chaotic time. I had known about it generally speaking, but with less context of social conditions, like social hierarchy/structure, or mass feeling of helplessness and not really knowing what to do or how to find a way out.

Obviously the specifics of the conditions of China in early 1900s are vastly different from US right now… much to think about.