But if you only got your news from Reddit, you’d think the people are preparing to overthrow the government and establish a new liberal country.

There were protests where people were singing the national anthem too, but it seems like western libs are the only people who can protest the government without wanting to topple it

https://www.dw.com/en/protests-spread-across-china-amid-zero-covid-anger/a-63906795?maca=en-rss-en-top-1022-rdf

  • emizeko [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    the CPC has changed policies due to popular protest in the past, but Americans know nothing's going to change without toppling the US government

    what policy changes did the protests kicked off by George Floyd's murder cause? none. a couple cities pretended they might rebuild their police departments but it got scuttled

    • BeanBoy [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      Police departments got more funding to balance all the defunding that (never) happened

      • ssjmarx [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        IIRC one city actually did vote to defund the police, but then the city council had elections and all the defund people got kicked out and the new council reverted the plans. Democracy!