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Nov 29, 2022
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I had intended to write about some other things today, but two big events happened over the Thanksgiving break that are of profound importance.

The first is a wave of anti-government protests that swept across China.


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Authoritarian Blindness

The Chinese regime has spent decades building up a careful system of controls intended to suppress all political criticism and create the illusion of a contented populace. The leaders of the regime clearly believe this illusion, because Xi Jinping has been consolidating a Mao-style dictatorship: permanent one-man rule with a cult of personality (for a man with no discernible personality).

But it is all an illusion, and the weekend’s protests drew back the curtain.

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