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Post by King of the Wastes on Feb 20, 2011 4:44:47 GMT -5
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110220/ap_on_re_as/as_china_jasmine_revolutionI actually predicted that China would be the next to go, we will see whether the people of China are able to take back their country from the bastards that run it now. I would just like to say that only time will tell on that, but I am predicting if protests get big in China and look like it could get rid if communism there that it will likely spread to South America and Europe.
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Post by poohan on Feb 20, 2011 4:47:37 GMT -5
china seems to be doing a good job of preventing protests but if the people are determined then there isnt anything they can do about it.
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Post by King of the Wastes on Feb 21, 2011 4:00:32 GMT -5
Yes but how long can they keep doing that? How long till the people open their eyes, and pick up arms? The Chinese people need democracy, till that happens they will live as slaves to their government.
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Post by pastmaster on Feb 22, 2011 3:16:27 GMT -5
China is run pretty good IMO. It could be a lot worse. Look at North Korea.
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Post by King of the Wastes on Feb 22, 2011 3:44:34 GMT -5
Its still doesn't give people their basic rights though, and if the people are trying to revolt then they are obviously doing something wrong. Where do you think all though body parts came from for all those people that had the money? From the people that the chinese government killed often for no reason.
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Post by corny on Mar 1, 2011 8:37:38 GMT -5
I have little hope for the people in China to organize a successful revolt. I assume that too few of the people (given its gigantic numbers) would participate and the police/military seems very successful in suppressing revolts (and oppressing people). Luckily, I didn't study chinese society or something, so I might be wrong.
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Post by King of the Wastes on Mar 1, 2011 20:28:56 GMT -5
Yeah, it's sad they the people can't even get protests off the ground. Though even if they did it could just end up being another Tienanmen Square.
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Post by imperator03 on Mar 3, 2011 20:10:22 GMT -5
There's little push for revolution in China because there is little need for one. They have the largest growing population of what is commonly termed middle class (so does India, btw). Because the life of most people are getting steadily better, there is little need to revolt. Perhaps more importantly, wages are outpacing the spikes in food prices. Food prices is why the Middle East is blowing up. It's one of the drawbacks to being a dictator. When the economy heads south, you can't shift the blame elsewhere because you're in control of just about everything. No Federal Reserve or Fannie or Freddy to hide behind in Libya or Egypt.
The most interesting thing is that in Tunisia, the revolt is still going on. This is pretty much unprecedented in modern revolutions. What usually happens is that the old guard flee or get lined up against the wall e.g. Batista and the new elite usher in a reign of terror to consolidate their hold on the country e.g. Castro; and the new elites do just as the old elites did while the lot of the everyday person doesn't really change. Unless, of course, they're close to the new leaders, then they get cush sinecures and special access/treatment.
That doesn't seem to be happening here. I half suspected this might happen because there really isn't a "man on a white horse" like you had in, say, Cuba. It could go either way. Maybe someone will take advantage of things, like Robespierre did in France, or maybe this will be the start of a genuinely new thing in human history. Perhaps they will abolish government entirely.
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thanks.