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What do you think will happen first? An American revolution or a Chinese one? Let's take bets. One one side we have a country where the population has a less t
by higherpurpose 12y ago
What do you think will happen first? An American revolution or a Chinese one? Let's take bets.
One one side we have a country where the population has a less than 10 percent approval of its government, yet can't be bothered to (really) do anything about it. Dissent exists from a few but it usually falls on deaf years. You could say it's a more Huxley-esque society.
On the other side we have a country where most believe in its government, but everyone is tightly controlled and there's not much room for dissent because any dissent is swiftly quieted down before it spreads to the masses. You could say it's more of an Orwell-esque society.
- captainmuon 12y agoI fear we'll meet in the middle. China is getting more and more (economically) open, and captialist. At the same time, western governments have acquired a taste for surveillance and authoritanism. As if people were trying to get the worst from both systems...