Learning from Joshua Wong

We had Joshua Wong on Inside the War Room back in July. I've put that interview in the podcast for you to listen to. The story of Joshua and the rest of the Hong Kong protestors is one that should come as a warning for the rest of us. Today, Wong and two others were sentenced to prison in China. What did these hardened criminals do? Per The Guardian Wong and his crew are guilty of an "unauthorised protest outside police headquarters in June last year, a court in the city has ruled." The horror. Commies gonna commies, right? We've made it clear that ideas and speech have an impact, a real impact. That is why China is doing what it is doing. If you let the protest go on, that pro-democracy speech might win the hearts and minds of other people in China. It's hard to be tyrannical if your people want to overthrow you. On the first page of How to be a Tyrant,  it states that to be an effective tyrant, "you need people who either love you, fear you, or are content with you. What you cannot have is anyone that disrespects you. What is disrespect? You define it as you go!" So, before you support more lockdowns, mandatory vaccines, any restriction on free speech, or any other law that gives the state more power to restrict what you think, say, or do, remember Joshua Wong. Once they start locking people up, it is hard to get them out.Godspeed, Joshua. This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at www.warroommedia.com