"I hope this is not true forever but I can’t argue with you. My father is the artist, he turned 88 on Monday, so he has witnessed the rise and fall of most of the dictatorships of the 20th century. A neo-conservative of the 1960s, Andre believes that, while the CCP may not fall in his lifetime, that eventually it will crumble to the will of the people."
I can't avoid thinking of that video of British royal guard soldiers who trampled a small child that did the rounds on the internet a couple of years ago. Back then lots of people thought that the soldiers were right in doing so as the kid was standing where they were supposed to march, stopping or taking a step to the side would be against their orders so it was really the child's and their parents' fault.
But when a Chinese guy who was part of a violent riot against the government walked out in front of a column of tanks and wasn't hurt at all then it is the crime of the century.
I recall at the time people mashing together footage of the Buckingham guard plowing through a child with footage of some PLA soldiers doing a similar patrol coming across a child and walking around them.