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  • Flyberius [comrade/them]
    hexbear
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    10 months ago

    They do actually allow protests. Western media was having a fucking field day earlier this year talking about how China had bowed to pressure from protests regarding their covid policy.

    Jesus titty fucking H Christ...

    • @Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works
      cake
      hexbear
      30
      10 months ago

      You mean the revolt that happened after people burned to death in their own homes when the state locked them in? The revolt that state censors still tried to remove from the internet? The one police cracked down on?

      • ZoomeristLeninist [comrade/them, she/her]
        hexbear
        63
        10 months ago

        China has protests against covid policy that saved millions of lives, the government listens to and adjusts policy accordingly

        western chauvinist: omg look at this revolt, proof that China is ebil!! im such a smart redditor!

        amerika has protests against the police killing people for being black, government responds by vilifying protestors and ramping up police violence

        western chauvinist: they’re rioting! they’re destroying their cities! omg we need cops to put them in their place!

      • Spike [none/use name]
        hexbear
        54
        10 months ago

        During the cold war, the anticommunist ideological framework could transform any data about existing communist societies into hostile evidence. If the Soviets refused to negotiate a point, they were intransigent and belligerent; if they appeared willing to make concessions, this was but a skillful ploy to put us off our guard. By opposing arms limitations, they would have demonstrated their aggressive intent; but when in fact they supported most armament treaties, it was because they were mendacious and manipulative. If the churches in the USSR were empty, this demonstrated that religion was suppressed; but if the churches were full, this meant the people were rejecting the regime's atheistic ideology. If the workers went on strike (as happened on infrequent occasions), this was evidence of their alienation from the collectivist system; if they didn't go on strike, this was because they were intimidated and lacked freedom. A scarcity of consumer goods demonstrated the failure of the economic system; an improvement in consumer supplies meant only that the leaders were attempting to placate a restive population and so maintain a firmer hold over them.

      • Flyberius [comrade/them]
        hexbear
        39
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        10 months ago

        Yeah those protests. Have you read that article? A lot of, ifs, buts, maybes and mights.

        "Revolt". Fucking lol

      • Freeanotherday [he/him, they/them]
        hexbear
        37
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        10 months ago

        dragged to the ground in handcuffs, while he was seen saying in another video: “Call the consulate now.”

        data-laughing

        Released a few hours later in perfect health btw.

    • @aport@programming.dev
      hexbear
      2
      10 months ago

      I feel the zero COVID protests were the exception that proves the rule. The policy outlived its usefulness in light of less deadly strains, and the protests gave Xi an easy transition. Appeasement was the right choice, but one extremely out of character for the central government.

      • HumanBehaviorByBjork [any, undecided]
        hexbear
        27
        edit-2
        10 months ago

        "the exception that proves the rule" doesn't just mean any evidence against your point is actually evidence for your point. it means that something is only notable because it's usually rare.

      • Zuzak [fae/faer, she/her]
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        24
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        10 months ago

        Did you know that Deng Xiaoping, the leader of China during the Tiananmen Square protests, resigned from all official positions shortly after the protests? I don't recall Nixon doing anything similar over Kent State, however.

      • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
        hexbear
        19
        10 months ago

        they also repealed the hong kong extradition law in response to those protests. Although admittedly once they fulfilled the demands of the protest and the protest continued they then cracked down more