Wonder if this (Chinese citizen push for democracy, individual liberties, care for the environment etc.) will come to unfold as a kind of 'dam break' wave of ra

Wonder if this (Chinese citizen push for democracy, individual liberties, care for the environment etc.) will come to unfold as a kind of 'dam break' wave of rapid change over a slow-moving change where nodes of conformity are squashed by the collective. Memes spread pretty quick these days.