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Re:What Will Happen in the 2020s by bsder on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @04:23PM (#21930755)
Yeah, the worst thing that could happen to China now is that Li Xinping lives a long life.

We have seen over and over in history that an individual dictator fairly quickly diverges from rational paths.

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Re:What Will Happen in the 2020s by mistermann on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @09:16PM (#21932434)
Many patterns have been observed in nature, until an exception occurs that breaks the pattern.
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Re:What Will Happen in the 2020s by bsder on Thursday January 02, 2020 @01:35AM (#21933431)
This pattern has, sadly, been pretty reliable over more than 2000 years.

In addition, Li Xinping has shown very little enlightenment toward those who would oppose him irrespective of their correctness. This is always the first step down a long dark path.

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Re:What Will Happen in the 2020s by mistermann on Thursday January 02, 2020 @08:14AM (#21935078)
Could you convert "pretty reliable" into a percentage?
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