Yeah, I also wish. I think there in lies a faultline for tankies, they see the terror of counter revolution and make napkin calculation what would be acceptable loss of life to prevent it. If there were no shadow outfits salivating over thoughts of balkanizing china, I would be much more critical as well but I feel ambivalent, what would have happened. Maybe they would sit down, maoist wing would beat up lib nerds, and they’ll get sweet concessions from revisionist government. Or maybe they would attract more and more people, until conflict becomes unviable, and China would have become russia 1.0, with some millions of death from exposure, alcoholism and heroin. Kinda hard trolley problem with so many questions, isn’t it?
Yeah, I also wish. I think there in lies a faultline for tankies, they see the terror of counter revolution and make napkin calculation what would be acceptable loss of life to prevent it. If there were no shadow outfits salivating over thoughts of balkanizing china, I would be much more critical as well but I feel ambivalent, what would have happened. Maybe they would sit down, maoist wing would beat up lib nerds, and they’ll get sweet concessions from revisionist government. Or maybe they would attract more and more people, until conflict becomes unviable, and China would have become russia 1.0, with some millions of death from exposure, alcoholism and heroin. Kinda hard trolley problem with so many questions, isn’t it?
Yep. It sucks.
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Thanks. I needed that, after the "'warm" welcome I received here.