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And yet, that hasn't stopped them in the past. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_p
by zhemao 11y ago
And yet, that hasn't stopped them in the past.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1...
- Joof 11y agoI think this is a good reminder of why they would want to keep people just barely satisfied. China will go that far, but it's an expensive point to make.
- zhemao 11y agoSince Tiananmen, the party has basically bargained that people will accept economic progress as a substitute for political freedom. Now that the rapid growth of the last two decades is starting to slow down, we'll have to see how the CCP and Chinese people respond.