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Change in democracies does not require <<violence,violence>>. Violence happens because the government punishes any dissidence, even if pacific, to retain its own power.
In democracies, radical policy changes happen without dropping a single drop of blood. People vote, and policies change, end of story.
In democracies, radical policy changes happen without dropping a single drop of blood. People vote, and policies change, end of story. In https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy[JFK's] words:
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Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable
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See also: <<the-chinese-masses-are-not-interested-in-politics-and-therefore-not-ready-to-vote>>
[[dictatorship]]
=== Why does Ciro Santilli say that China is a dictatorship?
=== Why does Ciro Santilli say that China is a dictatorship? 中国不是独裁！
Ciro is using the word in an slightly extended/joking sense.
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* Apple
** 2020-03-01 https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/01/china-roundup-apple-closes-app-store-loophole/ "China Roundup: Apple closes a 4-year-old App Store loophole"
** 2019-04-12 https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/12/18305087/congress-apple-criticism-china-communist-tiananmen-pro-democracy "Lawmakers lash out at Apple for censoring a song about Tiananmen Square protests"
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.Chinese flag with Apple characteristics. https://techcrunch.com/2015/08/11/apple-shares-tumble-5-amidst-china-concerns/[Source].
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JTWXqUPQ7I["China" by Joan Baez] from the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaking_of_Dreams[Speaking of Dreams (1989) album]. Folk.
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OOlXJs4I8k["The blood is on the square" by Phillip Morgan] from https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Square-Philip-Morgan/dp/B001H5S7OS[1990]. Folk.
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAZK4apK8Bg[Same Cry (Feat. L.T.; Explicit)] by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MC_Jin[MC Jin] from the 2004 album "The Rest Is History'. Hip hop American born Hakka Chinese.
Chinese:
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7uk0-vlpP0["Nothing to My Name (一無所有)" by Cui Jian (崔健)] from 1986
** Lyrics and translation https://eastasiastudent.net/china/mandarin/cui-jian-nothing-to-my-name/
** Chorus: "你合适跟我走" which translates to "When will you walk with me?" Could be talking directly to the Government.
** The singer is/was very popular, the song was composed in 1986, but was very popular at the time of the protests, and became kind of a hymn.
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdE4Ehte4uU["The square (廣場)" by Li Zhi (李志)] from 2019. Slow/sad mood pop/rock.
** https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jun/2/li-zhi-singer-missing-china-cracks-down-tiananmen-/ the singer disappeared from public view in June 2019 and his songs were purged from public listings
** https://medium.com/@sunlitmount/forbidden-songs-of-li-zhi-square-for-tiananmen-massacre-at-june-4th-1989-f22e7e2dc21a lyrics and translation
** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Zhi_(singer)
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8lWiWaSTtg[History's wound (历史的伤口)] 1989-5-28 song by several <<taiwan,Taiwanese>> singers
** https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/历史的伤口
** Lyrics: https://mojim.com/cny100375x11x1.htm
Cantonese
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L_qz7LuqVU&t=53s[The flower of freedom (自由花)] from 1989
** https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/自由花
** Lyrics: https://mojim.com/cny100293x15x4.htm
Other good lists:
* https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/六四歌曲 Wikipedia page with an infinite list of songs
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8vMVrLBiW4&list=PLNRZ41lXl9e5iAXH_94DHiLPx_a9Yn711 六四学运 歌 playlist by 杰克 .龙光复民国天下为公
