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Re:China Seeks to Repeal Presidential Term Limit by seanmcdirmid on Sunday February 25, 2018 @12:02PM (#16459841)
I don't think Mao's time could be considered very equivalent to today. There were a lot of dictators around after WW2, but many gave way to stable democracies, and those that didn't weren't prosperous.

The problem with the CCP is that there is no real feedback loop. Their support is very fragile, and it would just take one recession to break it (they have no "lets throw the turkey's out" pressure valve).

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Re:China Seeks to Repeal Presidential Term Limit by chvid on Sunday February 25, 2018 @12:08PM (#16459885)
I think it is quite relevant. China is undergoing today what Japan went thru at Mao's time.

My guess is that CCP is going to be popular and safe at the realm as long as growth is strong (so maybe we agree there).

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Re:China Seeks to Repeal Presidential Term Limit by seanmcdirmid on Sunday February 25, 2018 @12:10PM (#16459901)
Growth isn't going to always be strong. Economic cycles are inevitable, even if they manage to kick the can of a correction down the road today, it will just come back worse in the future.

People in China can only express their discontent by rioting (which happens in China, a lot). They have no other real way of communicating with officials, they can't even make sneaky jokes on the internet anymore to express their dissatisfaction. That alone is a very dangerous situation.

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