"I hope this is not true forever but I can’t argue with you. My father is the artist, he turned 88 on Monday, so he has witnessed the rise and fall of most of the dictatorships of the 20th century. A neo-conservative of the 1960s, Andre believes that, while the CCP may not fall in his lifetime, that eventually it will crumble to the will of the people."
The beauty of the Tank Guy is we don't know why he did that. He did eventually get up and talk to the tank driver. He wasn't killed or anything and definitely was not run over by the tank. He very well could have gotten up there and said, "Make sure you do not go easy on these insurrectionists. When our turn comes we shall not apologize for the terror."
in my headcanon, he was complaining to the tank driver about the disturbance and how he's just trying to go home with his shopping and when will order be restored please sir?
he was mad because he just wanted brunch