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Re:The jailing of Hong Kong’s young pro-democracy leaders  by vzcx on Thursday October 05, 2017 @11:36AM (#15410010)
This strikes me as extremely confused. Chinese society is thousands of years old and has survived dynasty after dynasty, revolution after revolution. Perhaps their personal exit from politics is more earnest accumulated wisdom than blisteringly immature sentiment.

Contrast with your statement on stewardship, duty, and responsibility. What is behind this besides sentiment?

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Re:The jailing of Hong Kong’s young pro-democracy leaders  by AnimalMuppet on Thursday October 05, 2017 @12:47PM (#15410614)
The society has survived with some level of cultural continuity. A lot of people died in those revolutions and the falling of those dynasties, though. The "wisdom" that China learned from that is "do everything possible to prevent a revolution or a change in dynasty". A better wisdom might be "make the transitions easier so that they don't have to be violent". Peaceful transitions via election are an example of this.
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