Thursday, January 05, 2012

[nvremkde] More public space for protests

China, as it builds cities from scratch, learned its lesson from Tiananmen Square: do not provide public spaces suitable for protests.

Consider urban planning the other extreme: many, highly visible, easily accessible public spaces suitable for protests.    Many protests will happen, which dilutes their messages so they lose their impact, paradoxically defeating protestors.

Of course, such spaces will be useful for many other things, too.

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