David Brooks in NYT on the struggle for freedom, remember that USA?
My guess is that if technology helps the protesters become 30 percent more effective, it helps the state become 70 percent more effective.
Many suspect that China will eventually crush these protests. They’ll round up leaders and force businesses to fire participants. Many suspect America will never step in to help.
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The American right no longer believes in spreading democracy to foreigners. The American left embraces a national narrative that emphasizes slavery and oppression, not that America is a beacon or an example. Neither party any longer sees America as a vanguard nation whose very mission is to advance universal democracy and human dignity.
@Madken65 As a high school teacher, I know that its not emphasis on slavery or oppression but education .many students and citizens truly have no idea how hard the battle was fought and the injustice that existed. If they don’t know at all, then how can they guard against such in the future?