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A comment on Learning China’s Forbidden History, So They Can Censor It. Parent comment

Re:Learning China’s Forbidden History, So They Can Censor It by stochastic_monk on Saturday January 05, 2019 @11:19AM (#18832396)
Discontent and unrest can lead to revolution and the chance to improve. Authoritarians simply bank on the cost of revolution being prohibitive.
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Re:Learning China’s Forbidden History, So They Can Censor It by mc32 on Saturday January 05, 2019 @11:31AM (#18832458)
When Mao felt threatened he unleashed the very impressionable and mouldable Hongweibings. Once he reaffirmed his power, the Hongweibings were disbanded. So, they have a few more options as laid out by Lennin.
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