What's the Difference Between Democracy and Freedom in the Workshops?

In the late seventies, in the eighties, it looks like the chinese ruling classes succeeded rightly. But then, you know, things get very weird, which is that yetiman happens. In the factory, the director is a dictator. What one man says goes. If you view the state through the factory, it's about the same one man rule. Why do a lot of workers agree with democracy and freedom in the workshops? Does what the workers say count, or what the leader says?