It made me think of when China wanted to extend lockdowns and then people got out on the streets and they backed down. If they want to squash this they need to do it sooner than later. The larger the adoption the more social unrest it will cause. But one country trying to squash it now could also backfire as it would be the best advertisment at a time when trust in governments is at its lowest.
It makes me think of when all those people protested in Tiananmen Square and showed the communists what was what; and then, after it had gone on a while, the government slaughtered a bunch of them, and then consolidated power for 35 more years, and counting.
But I'm with you that adoption -- real, consequential adoption -- is a countervailing force to all that. Hope it comes.
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