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[deleted] t1_iyd5brc wrote

Reply to comment by justtheprint in China to punish internet users for 'liking' posts in crackdown after zero-Covid protests by graveaffairsod

Nah, that asks people to be actively doing something, that is giving advice.

I want to wish good luck, that whatever is out of our control works in their favor.

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justtheprint t1_iyefypc wrote

Yeah your question I thought was interesting. I'm not sure.

where your trouble is -- it's precisely the stuff out of control that the modern, objective person wouldn't waste time worrying about. Be it luck or religious or phantom mechanism, the expression supposes that by some unknown, unseen mechanism, the fates of people we "wish well" will be decided. Referencing that will always be interpretable as a form of mysticism. just a hunch.

That's why I tried to focus on something concrete.

You could say, "good health".

"May you get what you want". [or need]

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