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Comment by mainecoder

1 day ago

It is highly unlikely because the government has an explicit goal of bringing harmony, and the people have had such a uniform upbringing that even their discussions of politics is around policy effectiveness, economics of implementation and metrics where as here in the US it is republican vs democrat and the topic is about Transgender issue or something that is not policy but a belief or some intangible thing that does not make a material difference for the majority of people.

Nah. You could have said the same thing about China's government at many other times throughout history — right up until the violence started. Nothing has really changed. How much "harmony" did the people in Tiananmen Square have in 1989?