Fact is that those in the city — those who could do the most harm — don’t concern themselves with the government until their housing is torn down and they’re forced to move to another part of the city. The level of political consciousness here is disgusting. People are more concerned their paychecks and only politically care about the hot topics that the government tells them to care about by publishing them in the papers — Japanese officials visiting the Yasukuni Shrine, social unrest in Europe, etc. — than internal problems. Ask about the FLG crackdown and they will reply that all FLG practionners are crazy cult members. Ask about the cultural genocide of Tibet and they’ll reply that it’s always been Chinese and needs to modernize. Ask about the unrest in Xinjiang/East Turzekistan and they’ll reply that the Uighurs are all terrorists, drug traffickers, and/or theives. Ask about rural unrest and they’ll reply that peasants are unfortunate, but better off than they used to be. The CCP/media, of course, keep people’s eyes turned to international “evils” like Japan in attempt to turn their thoughts away from internal strife — this is, of course, why protests against the CCP are quickly stopped whereas those against the Japanese are allowed to rally on endlessly.

Of course, if you ask the average city-dwelling Chinese, they’ll freely admit that their government is corrupt. (”Of course,” they’ll harp, “So is yours. At least we didn’t elect ours.”) But as long as they’re economically well off, they’ll be happy. Let China’s bubble burst and the middle class be unable to pay their bills and you’ll begin to see more unrest.

The Chinese that they’re doing things the U.S. and the free world dislikes, and they don’t care. Don’t kid yourself, the Chinese are not naive, they’re EVIL! I hope the social unrest in China continues and that they continue to expose the Commies’ corruption. For they will bring China into the rest of the world of freedom and democracy.