Normally, you don't give rewards to irrational people who are in a state of rage. All negotiators know this. Therefore, the fact that concessions have come, and kept coming, under current conditions, means the people in charge think the actors involved are rational.
They know that wealth itself is robust, regardless of legitimacy. And it's only becoming more robust over time. They know that while wealth isn't zero sum, wealth is leverage in a zero-sum power game. They're terrified of being forced to play the game they made others play.
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I also see Chinese state communism in a sad new light. Do the Chinese have an equivalent concept to selling your soul to the devil? It would almost be better if justice were impossible, if upwards mobility were impossible, just because the timespans involved are so horrendous.
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