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An authoritative regime cannot allow open resistance to its power. Idea extracted from [0]. It signals to less-than-loyal supporters of the regime that they can
by SCHiM 7y ago
An authoritative regime cannot allow open resistance to its power. Idea extracted from [0]. It signals to less-than-loyal supporters of the regime that they can take a bigger slice of the available resources, leading to instability.
[0]: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11612989-the-dictator-s-handbook https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11612989-the-dictator-s-...
- Aperocky 7y agoAnd that is a very non-sophisticated answer to a complex problem. This will not be tolerated in China, but HK is an entirely different story. What you need to do is to actually go into the pro and cons from the perspective of the Chinese government to predict their action, instead of just saying "China will not tolearte because all authoritative government will not tolerate dissent".
- ricardobeat 7y agoChina has said they consider the treaty invalid, meaning HK is theirs already. Why would they treat it any different than the mainland?
- bllguo 7y agoWhat? We already know that China treats HK differently from the mainland.. Look, you can call the Chinese govt many things, but stupid is not one of them.