Comments by "David Ford" (@davidford3115) on "How Xi Jinping Has Taken Full Control of China - VisualPolitik EN" video.

"Republics degrade into democracies, and democracies invariably degenerate into despotisms," -Alexander Frasier Tytler quoting Aristotle.
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The reactions of Hu Jintao's protege on the other side of Xi is quite telling, as is the reaction of most of the other folks. The stone-face expression was just as much of shock as it was of horror and dread.
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@raze3297 Indeed. The worthiest to hold power want nothing to do with it because they know how dangerous and corrupting that power is. NOBODY CAN WEILD SAURON'S RING OF POWER.
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@fra604 Actually, in debate quoting a well-known source is the highest virtue. The fact that you chose to resort of name-calling (saying it is stupid) just proves you have already lost the debate. "When debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser," -attributed to Socrates.
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Yeah, I suspect the reason why he is making propaganda clips for the CCP is because his son is facing prison for drug trafficking charges. "Indeed, as a policeman, I would say, get hold of a man's brother and you're halfway home." -Yevgraf, "Doctor Zhivago".
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@Hartley_Hare What does Trump have to do with this? Oh, that's right, he lives rent-free in your head.
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Diego Lima Yeah, you are making a distinction without much of a difference. Most comments on youtube videos become debates, particularly on ones involving politics.
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Indeed. There may very well be a de-Jingpinging purge in much the same way the USSR was "de-Stalinized" after Stalin's death.
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Not if China implodes under the weight of its own corruption like the USSR did. The Chinese financial system is a house of cards just waiting to collapse.
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