a plaza in Beijing, China that was the scene of a massive peaceful pro-democracy movement in 1989. The protestors occupied the area for several days. The protests were begun by students and soon farmers, urban laborers and others joined in. It was covered by foreign media extensively. Some demonstrators held signs expressing (in English) a desire for glasnost like that in the U.S.S.R courtesy of Gorbachev. Some erected a huge papier mache statue dubbed the "Goddess of Democracy". Sad to say, the Politburo Red Army revved up their tanks and started to chase and mow down demonstrators in their paths. I saw this hideous crackdown erupt live on NBC. A few protestors managed to stick torches into tanks and burn them up. A massive news blackout was immediately imposed by the Chinese authorities. To this day foreigners still don't know how many Chinese people lost their lives in the bloodbath. Estimates run up to the thousands, maybe more.
1. And the question is: if the Communist Chinese society was such a egalitarian classless democratic utopia as theorized by Karl Marx - like the Chinese commies
would have you believe, then why did so many people hold demonstrations? The answer: they weren't satisfied with things. And how come? Because the regime wasn't living up to Marxist theory. The whole Communism biz is a crock. In an ideal classless utopia there would be no crackdown like this. It's another example of government corruption and lies. One of these days it's all gonna fall, just like Axl Rose said.
2. Ben and Lora went to China in order to adopt a child from there. They visited places like the Great Wall and Tiananmen Square, where a huge portrait of Chairman Mao is watching you. One of these days ...
would have you believe, then why did so many people hold demonstrations? The answer: they weren't satisfied with things. And how come? Because the regime wasn't living up to Marxist theory. The whole Communism biz is a crock. In an ideal classless utopia there would be no crackdown like this. It's another example of government corruption and lies. One of these days it's all gonna fall, just like Axl Rose said.
2. Ben and Lora went to China in order to adopt a child from there. They visited places like the Great Wall and Tiananmen Square, where a huge portrait of Chairman Mao is watching you. One of these days ...
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