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Old 01-03-2018, 11:32 AM   #11
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This is hopefully going to turn into a revolution even greater than the scale of Tiananmen Square in 1989. The chinese folks I know call it a revolution here watching from Canada, while their relatives in China seem to downplay it and not call it a revolution, but it had major positive societal consequences either way.
The Chinese government (amazingly in this day and age) still strictly controls all information in China. The vast, vast, vast majority of Chinese citizens have no idea what happened in 1989.

It will be interesting to see how Iran responds here. My sense is that they have far less control over information than China. Turning the military loose on their own citizens could therefore have significant consequences.
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