Monday, November 25, 2019
Man Wei La Hao?
It will be interesting to see how China implements Manweller's Rule. The Hong Kong election was allowed to happen, and the results haven't been instantly annulled. The results are STRONGLY against Beijing, with 90% of the HK parliament now held by "pro-democracy" candidates.
Manweller, of course, says that elections are never allowed to change things. An election that would yield actual change is always deleted or ignored.
The US application of Manweller takes three forms:
1. Preplan the election. Insure that no REAL pro-change candidates get anywhere near the ballot.
2. If a pro-changer accidentally gets elected, through an oversight or typo in the forms, blackmail him into submission or Unperson him with scandal. In extreme cases, accident him or suicide him.
3A. For referenda, use "courts" to overturn incorrect results.
The British version of 3 is more subtle.
3B. Instead of acting on the referendum, fuck around for years doing exactly nothing.
So far China has already missed step 1, at least on the surface. China's social credit system should make 2 easy, literally automatic.
Will be interesting to watch. The simplest hypothesis is that the "pro-democracy" candidates are all fakers, Pied Pipers like Trump. After they're in office they will show their true colors.
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