Stating the Obvious

I've noticed a recent change of balance between the opinions of human rights organization and Western politicians. Before you'd see the organizations fighting for a more lenient approach towards different cultures and systems of government. Bring up China, however, and the roles will reverse. Suddenly democracy is the holy grail - a naive opinion if there ever was one - and tolerance is less of a problem for the human rights organization and the politicians, however unlikely, have a realistic approach towards "different" systems. Grotesque.