One of the underlying paradoxes is that parts of the Party system - often with personal sincerity from those involved - talk about the need for Chinese to have values, be less materialistic, etc. But cynicism and materialism is one of the greatest factors keeping public on board.https://twitter.com/LiYuan6/status/1145599912324657154 …
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*Without* saying that everybody who's discussed this has done so in bad faith, which is not the case, it's been very noticeable how Beijing shills have jumped on the dubious 'the HK protests are really about housing prices' line.
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It's also a legacy of the crudest type of Marxist analysis, the sort that reduces everything to the basest of possible motivations.
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