• ikt@aussie.zone
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    8 hours ago

    You remember tank man? Can you give me any reason to think they wouldn’t do the same today?

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      8 hours ago

      one data point: there was big protests near the end of COVID-19, they chose to lift the lockdown instead of doing a 1989. i don’t know how many were arrested or what happened to them, though.

    • Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz
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      6 hours ago

      Tank man? The guy who blocked the column of tanks leaving Tienanmen Square, then climbed on top of the tank to yell at the tank commander?

      IDK, the tank commanders are probably trained to hide in the tank if someone climbs on top. It’d probably look goofier as the guy runs around the top trying to get in while the commander asks him to leave.

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        5 hours ago

        The guy who blocked the column of tanks leaving Tienanmen Square

        Comrade please report to local police station for questioning

        There was NO column of Type 59 tanks on Chang’an Avenue near Tiananmen Square in Beijing on June 5, 1989.

        You are trying to disrupt the peace and will face appropriate punishment 😡

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          5 hours ago

          Shit, I’m back in Tokyo now, would you direct me to the closest secret Chinese police station?