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by panic 3292 days ago
We don't have a democracy so there's a risk that if large enough groups of people get too worked up, they might create a massive problem like a revolution or something. Nobody would benefit from that - see the mess it made in Syria, Egypt, Lybia, and Tunisia.

What about the Cultural Revolution which put the ruling party itself in power? It's a bit hypocritical for the government to categorically condemn revolution when they wouldn't even exist without it.
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jpatokal 3292 days ago
No, see, the revolution created the one true revolutionary state that's a perfect expression of the People's Will(tm), so any attempt to have another revolution is clearly counterrevolutionary sabotage by lackey capitalist running dogs.

And yeah, while the French Revolution was probably a good thing in the long run, it was pretty terrible in the short run: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reign_of_Terror

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baby 3292 days ago
The french Revolution was also kind of a mess, they shortly after elected Napoleon as the emperor, then they became a monarchy again, then an emperor came again? I don't know it's confusing.
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imron 3292 days ago
> What about the Cultural Revolution which put the ruling party itself in power?

First of all, the Cultural Revolution didn't put the ruling party in power, and second of all the CCP (and China) of today is very different from the CCP (and China) at the time of the Cultural Revolution.

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TomMarius 3292 days ago
Yeah, it is. That's the reality.
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baby 3292 days ago
peace is obtained through war. There are no exception.
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