37 years ago today, the Chinese government brutally crushed peaceful protesters in and around Tiananmen Square who were demanding an end to corruption, freedom of speech, and democratic reform. The massacre revealed a truth the world should never forget: the Chinese Communist Party will do whatever it takes to preserve its grip on power. If it did not value the lives of its own citizens, why would it value the lives of others?
@ManhattanInst You're also handing them an identity that they will latch onto as a core part of themselves.
It's no longer: you're not a person who happens to be autistic. It's now: you are an autistic person.
@Arkypatriot "That’s not healthy."
What? It's literally how all people lived on this planet until the 20th century. Screwing with people's sleep schedules twice the year is unhealthy and unnatural.
@ShamashAran@LadyDemosthenes Boomers: Most are afraid of computers, though smart ones invented them
GenX: Started with MSDOS, C64, or Apple II, learned from childhood up
Millennials: Started Window, then moved on to mobile quickly
GenZ/Alpha: Started with iphone. Never learned to progress from there