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> Religious movement triggers alarm in them in the same way as nazis do to Europeans: they know they can lead to 20 million death. I don't think that's quite r
by ardy42 8y ago
> Religious movement triggers alarm in them in the same way as nazis do to Europeans: they know they can lead to 20 million death.
I don't think that's quite right. They're sensitive because religion causes Chinese people to organize themselves outside Communist hierarchy, which they see as a threat to Communist power. They're sensitive to all similar kinds of organization, not just religiously motivated ones.
- nradov 8y agoThe Chinese "Communist" Party has even started persecuting Marxists who organize outside their control. https://www.npr.org/2018/11/21/669509554/in-china-the-communist-partys-latest-unlikely-target-young-marxists https://www.npr.org/2018/11/21/669509554/in-china-the-commun...