All patriotism comes out of propaganda to some extent or the other. I don't mean to say that everyone is the same. But there is little to be gained in a discus

All patriotism comes out of propaganda to some extent or the other. I don't mean to say that everyone is the same. But there is little to be gained in a discussion, where one feels that one country's patriotism is "true" and the other's is "fake" because of pure propaganda. In China's case, sure the government is actively covering their misdeeds. But that isn't the point I was referring to. All I'm observing is the CCP has been pretty successful in convincing (or indoctrinating) their people, to the extent that a one-off event like disabling the firewall would have practically negligible effect in disrupting the society.