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Greg Stolze

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Well, because in their personally observed, lived experience, the Party backed down 100% OF THE TIME. Because of all the factors mentioned, the Party calculus was that destroying the democracy movement wasn’t worth the costs.

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The movement, paying attention only to the Party, had every reason to think that nothing had changed, that the authorities would continue to say “You stop now! Don’t make me impotently say stop again!” But the Party was evaluating not only the movement, but many other factors.

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