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Originally Posted by noodle
A lot, especially those abroad, believe that if the people of China were to learn everything about the governments actions and the world outside, there would be civil unrest in China which would hugely disrupt the countries "rise to power" on the global scale! Many of these Chinese reference previous empires and global powers as proof. The majority of the worlds global powers in the past reached their status through some sort of dictatorship regime. Whether it was a monarchy or other! So for now, a lot of Chinese have HUGE problems with their government, but they still symphathise because they do see how life is improving and how China is becoming more and more important in the world!
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Yeah, like I mentioned, there's a growing middle class, people are going to prioritize material quality of life above personal liberty. Not that they have much insight on the matter to begin with.
There's no convincing reason to believe that the motivation of the people in power is any different than any other power in history: to maintain power at all costs. And anybody that argues that the party actually knows what they're doing by running a sheeple state sounds as far from convincing as they come. The belief in that "rise to power" philosophy is a house of cards that will fall from power just as fast and perhaps cause much destruction along the way. Maybe even a big, impressive castle of cards, but cards nonetheless. The whole thing would be about as new a concept as religion.