• Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    Perception is more powerful than reality. You think the tankman from china actually accomplished much. But he is still a symbol today.

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      8 minutes ago

      I still find it so odd the tank didn’t want to run him over, when just the day before they had tanks running over hundreds of bodies over and over to the point where they could just spray the remains with a fire hose into the sewer.

    • lerky@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      9 hours ago

      I realize that. But there are countless current examples of real resistance and sacrifice that could have been used instead.