Re:For now at least, China's citizens are embracing social-c...
by selestify on Friday January 25, 2019 @04:02AM
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How did China get its empires on and off for thousands of years of ancient history if its people are unruly and anarchic?
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Re:For now at least, China's citizens are embracing social-c...
by wahern on Friday January 25, 2019 @04:38AM
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The same way the German "barbarians" did? Unruly doesn't imply backward; anarchic doesn't imply chaotic.
Also, China is a huge country with many cultures. Closer to Beijing the culture was historically more legalist and authoritarian. The southern coastal trading cultures were more anarchic. And I think that's still very much the same today, except because of industrialization and nationalization there's conflict where historically there was a natural symbiosis and passivity regarding the respective roles.