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monkeywithgun t1_iyc92ip wrote

Authoritarian governments fear free thought and it's expression. Their actions are dictated by fear above all else. There's nothing more cowardly than an autocrat in power.

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OverallChicken7507 t1_iyeeve0 wrote

Yep. Every time I see headlines like "Chinese authorities displaying a show of force," I'm thinking to myself, sending the riot police out against unarmed civilians isn't a show of force, it's a show of fear. And they're right to be afraid, people know they deserve better.

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One_Drew_Loose t1_iyf74wx wrote

To be fair, in its history whenever there is political turmoil millions of Chinese die so the average person has skin in the game as well. It’s no just a choice between CCP or enlightened democracy there are also one of a dozen nightmare scenarios that buries hundreds of millions.

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