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One of the reason the sowjet state collapsed is because they lapsed when it came to surveilance, as in they started to built massive public housing projects, allowing for family to move into theire own flats and thus escape surveilance.

Another lesson seems to be, that historys smallest revolutionary cell can be bribed into neutrality by economic success.

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> Another lesson seems to be, that historys smallest revolutionary cell can be bribed into neutrality by economic success.

The counter for this is people getting used to the good life and wanting more. If a government is able to have sustained economic success even in the face of this irresistible force, maybe it deserves to continue ruling.

We have yet to see if the Chinese government will be able to maintain itself as the average Chinese move higher on Maslow's pyramid.

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