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Re:10% of Cubans have left Cuba in the last year by MarkSweep on Sunday July 21, 2024 @11:54AM (#41025953)
In case anyone else was confused, “mandate from heaven” is a Chinese political ideology. It is like the western concept of “Devine right” for kings, except that if your reign gets end by a revolution, it means you lost your mandate from heaven.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandate_of_Heaven

Not to be confused with the American Revolution era Navy flag that has a pine tree and the motto “an appeal to heaven”. That flag was recently in the news because the wife of a Supreme Court justice flew it at their house.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Tree_Flag

Coincidently, both “mandate from heaven” and “an appeal to heaven” define a right to rebellion.

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