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China's Tank Man and the collapse of Communism..

--> 1989! Tiananmen Square, China . Did we remember?. December 31, 1988, at 11:59.57, in Times Square . A crowd is gathered, and people are screaming and yelling. Then, the count down 3,2,1… midnight! Happy New Year ! Everyone jubilates, embraces, chants, and dances in the street and all over New York… it is 1989 , a brand new year. What can Americans wish for? Prosper in their enterprise, success, riches? What can we ask for? Liberty ? Justice? Freedom? Written in the constitution, all these essentials to human life were given to us as birthright. The last pillar of injustice was removed during the civil rights movement when thousands gathered in the name of justice to demonstrate the end of segregation in the South. We are the good people, the heroes of WWII; then, in our wake, there are the other countries ruled by  tyrant s , where individuality is suppressed for the benefit of collectivity. The survival of the community passes before the indiv...