my new model of china is that the nation was driven mad by its suffering in the twentieth century and has nowhere near recovered just a complete meltdown of cultural and civic capital
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I think the argument is that the institutions wont recover, and will become ever more fragile until you do a China.
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who's arguing this?

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wonder how this compares to earlier Chinese history which was hardly devoid of awful suffering and megadeaths
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“the Chinese, their colossal national self-regard notwithstanding, have no faith in the permanence of their political arrangements. All Chinese people, including the rulers, have internalized the dynastic cycle.”https://twitter.com/rezzealaux/status/966036719924465664 …
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Recently read The Three Body Problem (excellent novel, btw). It's a scifi book and it opens with scenes of madness and torture during the Cultural Revolution.
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