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Isn't this a mirror of what has happened in hk now? Our leaders are actually using the old Chinese approach as long as there is enough money going around nobody will riot
As long as your people are dumbed down enough, nobody will protest.

https://www.sammyboy.com/threads/ho...-from-a-3rd-century-bc-chinese-tyrant.273715/
1. Conformity of thought. No independent thought. Consensus through propaganda.
2. Weaken your citizens. Weak people = strong country (political rule).
3. Keep your citizens busy and preoccupied with the minutiae of daily living, and thus have no time for other things (e.g. politics).
4. Humiliate your citizens. Keep their self-esteem low, belittle their worth. Incite them to attack and distrust one another, let them live in a climate of fear.
5. Impoverish your citizens. Let them have the basic necessities, and rob or tax their surplus wealth (includes price inflation and excessively printing money). Impoverished people have low aspirations.
If the above five methods fail, kill them.