tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post7336482848878910043..comments2023-06-20T02:25:36.578-07:00Comments on The Scholar's Stage: Public Opinion in Authoritarian StatesT. Greerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-20508089025319148622020-06-12T07:46:11.107-07:002020-06-12T07:46:11.107-07:00That is why becoming an independent was the most i...That is why becoming an independent was the most intellectually honest thing I ever have done.<br /><br />Because then I no longer felt duty-bound to defend the indefensible, because My Team.<br /><br />Query: if Team R was reflexively pro-free trade before 2016, what made the nomination of Trump even possible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-34559531008401174482019-09-29T01:58:22.576-07:002019-09-29T01:58:22.576-07:00"The majority of Chinese want to swallow up T..."The majority of Chinese want to swallow up Taiwan, ascend to the heights of global superpower, and win a few bloody battles along the way to restore the country's lost honor."<br /><br />Would Chinese citizens really be more willing to sacrifice Chinese blood, their own and fellow citizens, for national honour than ard the party? It seems unlikely to me, as much as how people talk Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-48527704984349880962019-09-22T11:04:37.403-07:002019-09-22T11:04:37.403-07:00"How does Hong Kong localism fit into this? D..."How does Hong Kong localism fit into this? Did the Hong Kong Chinese see themselves as having the "same" Chinese identity pre-1997,"<br /><br />For the most part, yes. In the '20s-40s people in Hong Kong were deeply connected to mainlander debates, often coordinated anti-imperialist protests with the KMT (who was based out of Guandong for a large chunk of that time) and T. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-527320872302131772019-09-21T10:55:26.463-07:002019-09-21T10:55:26.463-07:00Thanks. Enjoyable read. Any thought as to what s...Thanks. Enjoyable read. Any thought as to what some of the more important social cleavages would be in a “free” China? And how large would you estimate the liberal/Westward-looking group would actually be? My first thought is that it would be relatively small and easily demonized, in particular in times of domestic stress, but I’m happy to be proved wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-30205780393548593252019-09-17T21:58:45.826-07:002019-09-17T21:58:45.826-07:00"When these same folks seized power in the 19..."When these same folks seized power in the 1920s, 30s, and 40s, they put building a coherent national identity at the front of their political programs.<br /><br />The Taiwanese missed out on all that."<br /><br />How does Hong Kong localism fit into this? Did the Hong Kong Chinese see themselves as having the "same" Chinese identity pre-1997, even with all the nearby movementDiaspora knowledge seekernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-56484603078278600952019-09-17T21:07:10.866-07:002019-09-17T21:07:10.866-07:00Besides, I am not sure the particular argument wil...Besides, I am not sure the particular argument will convince Chinese the virtue of democracy. The way as they are now, most likely they will make it an argument on why democracies are weak. I mean, I don't think they want to be accepted into international democratic system when easily lording over them is a real possibility in their eyes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-34987272539411714842019-09-17T12:42:47.391-07:002019-09-17T12:42:47.391-07:00Your explanation of partizanship in a democracy mi...Your explanation of partizanship in a democracy might be true for USA (and you could have correlated pro-life [anti abortion] with pro-death [anti-gun control], but it doesn't work for the UK. One of the reasons for the mess that is Brexit is because so many Labour supporters are in favour of Brexit and so many Conservative voters are in favour of Remain. You'd also find a similarly Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05326700141376016305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-70855257448360508922019-09-17T02:20:28.632-07:002019-09-17T02:20:28.632-07:00A differentidealism with leaders that people ident...A differentidealism with leaders that people identify with is the worst nightmare for CCP. They have developed a whole system to identify, catch and discredit any potential thought leader that has liberal thoughts, from journalists, lawyers to economists and businessman. An open China does not exist today, and would not exist until that CCP machine has broken down. It could be decades before thatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-32091606640479868672019-09-16T11:33:05.645-07:002019-09-16T11:33:05.645-07:00This is an area I've researched some myself an...This is an area I've researched some myself and I would agree with your assessment about the influence of coalitional psychology.<br /><br />In one of my favorite essays, Brink Lindsey gets to the heart of it:<br /><br />"It’s not just that partisans are vulnerable to believing fatuous nonsense. It’s that their beliefs, whether sensible or otherwise, about a whole range of empirical Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05924320590375035146noreply@blogger.com