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This is literally ahistorical. The overwhelming majority of consequential protests/rebellions/revolutions were heavily endorsed by the literati class. Why do yo
by qsort 4y ago
This is literally ahistorical. The overwhelming majority of consequential protests/rebellions/revolutions were heavily endorsed by the literati class. Why do you think freedom of speech and expanding education are classically liberal claims?
You can see it right now in Putin's Russia. Opposition to the regime, to the extent that it exists, does not come from the proles.
- triactual 4y agoNo, you are exactly backwards. Did the People’s Revolution win or did the students win? I seem to remember that the students were run over by tanks. Probably not being driven by highly educated PLA commanders.
- koheripbal 4y agoYou just destroyed the argument you were trying to make. The protesters were the well educated students. This will always be the tip of the spear for change. Revolutions that try to leverage the uneducated masses are the most bloody and destructive - and they usually lead to dictatorships, not democracies.
- triactual 4y agoThey all leverage the masses. That’s the whole point. Otherwise it’s just a coup.