[EdwardDiego]

How many of their grievances are freedom related though?.

Could be economic freedom, religious, intellectual, social etc.

Also, I'd argue giving your citizens freedom of movement is critical if you're going to implement necessary but drastic economic reforms, it gives the bourgeois, who often end up leading revolutions in despotic states, an option to exit stage left instead of putting on camo and moving to the jungle with a bunch o guns.

Education not controlled by politicians is dangerous to authoritarian regimes.

The current rhetoric from JD Vance about tertiary education is part of the usual script of tinpot despots, sadly.

[kamaal]

>>How many of their grievances are freedom related though?

If people think they are better off economically as a region they will leave. This might look like a economic problem, but its actually a political problem. It literally deals with the fact that who gets to collect and keep taxes, and later plan how to spend that money.

>>Education not controlled by politicians is dangerous to authoritarian regimes.

Its always a mistake to assume that people don't know if conditions elsewhere are better, or there own conditions are worse.

Just because people put up with bad governments, it doesn't mean they will not rebel later. Really it all depends on the situation, and time.

[_DeadFred_]

I wonder how this plays out in the future in the US as differences in tax collected versus returned tax dollars continue.