I’m impressed by just how old and familiar this story was while being novel and fresh. Eight year olds in China, in their first experience of democracy, behave like … like candidates for the US presidency. Witness debates with coached sound bites, voter manipulation, focus groups, and so on. The unfiltered presentation leaves the viewer to draw their own conclusions. I find myself wondering about the need for civics class, indoctrination to a set of ideals where winning a race isn’t everything. I mull pursuit of power, ambition, and gendered behaviors. It is interesting, too, that for these Chinese students the opposing choice to a dictator is a manager.