From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid
On Sat, 17 Jan 2026 22:25:11 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence DŽOliveiro
wrote:
>On Thu, 15 Jan 2026 08:31:52 -0800, Paul S Person wrote:
>
>> And about due for another Warring States period.
>
>Which current authoritarian leader, notable for his doctrinaire and
>erratic ideas of Government, looks to be pushing his country to the
>brink of civil war?
When I first realized this, I was reading an article about the gap
between what Peking said and what the local provincial authorities
did.
At one point, apparently, there were lawyers who, when their clients
were being attacked in defiance of stated Policy, were able to call
the central authorities and have the locals corrected.
If that is still the case and disrespect for the central government
grows, how long will it take before the central government is seen as
irrelevant and each province behaves independently? And then how long
until they start fighting each other for resources?
The only change is that we may be moving into a similar phase in the
USA. The level of propaganda from certain parts of the Federal
Government is really getting out of hand. And their apparent
unwillingness to recognize State's Rights will inevitably have an
effect.
The difference, of course, is that things could change next November
in the USA. Changing them in China would be much harder.
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"
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