[ExI] ccp struggles

[Dylan Distasio]

That may hold true (to some extent, for now) in HK, but it most certainly
doesn't apply in mainland China.  HK is a special case (for the time being)
due to its history as a UK possession.

On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 4:51 PM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> Protests have been going on in Hong Kong for quite some time, so it seems
> that they will not be gunned down or otherwise dispatched.   bill w
>
> On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 3:25 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> I have been doing some what-if thinking.
>>
>> China is watching the goings on in Hong Kong and so are the commies
>> running
>> the government over there.  It is getting pretty easy to envision the
>> Chinese people deciding that freedom of speech business would be a nice
>> thing to have.  Perhaps they are collectively thinking how nice it would
>> be
>> if they could post anything they want on the internet and not need to
>> worry
>> it might cost them their lives.
>>
>> So what if... this whole virus catastrophe really is as bad as I think it
>> is
>> now.  Recall what happened in 1986 when the power plant exploded in
>> Chernobyl and the commies tried to cover it up.  If you talk to Ukranians
>> who were there (I have close friends who were) and Russians, many will
>> agree
>> that was the one event that really changed everything.  Ukraine just
>> didn't
>> want this anymore.  The ball started rolling right then, and didn't stop
>> until the communist party in Russia was overthrown and replaced.
>>
>> If the virus really does slay as many proles in China as I think it is
>> going
>> to, those 1.4 billion proles may decide they don't want this anymore.
>> They
>> want freedom of speech, they want the right to bear arms, they want the
>> kinds of freedoms Americans have taken for granted since forever.  Do let
>> us
>> hope.
>>
>> spike
>>
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