It's not prosperity gospel to tell westerners that the revolution isn't going to come from abroad to save them.

I think people are well aware that revolutions aren’t spearheaded by foreign powers. But the OP would have been more palatable if China had a better track record of supporting AES states.

The US is certainly not China’s responsibility, but they don’t exactly take care of their own backyard. I guess holding them up to the standards set by the Soviet Union’s ideological commitments in foreign policy is asking too much despite the former having achieved far bigger financial and productive dominance.