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Ha! CCP don't give any shit about creativity. They want to be in control, including controlling creativity. In fact, if you're a Chinese people like me, you p
by nickrio 9y ago
Ha! CCP don't give any shit about creativity.
They want to be in control, including controlling creativity.
In fact, if you're a Chinese people like me, you probably learned CCP's "Three Represents" when you in mid school. Which is:
- "Represents advanced social productive forces" stands for economic production
- "Represents the progressive course of China's advanced culture" stands for cultural development
- "Represents the fundamental interests of the majority" stands for political consensus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Represents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Represents
What that said is:
- We (CCP) decide what is important to this country
- We decide what you can do when you're boring
- We decide what you can have (and your needs)
So, I won't be surprised one day we had that Sea Ban thing and what's followed all over again.
FYI https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haijin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haijin
- themodelplumber 9y agoWow, I didn't realize that Japan had mimicked this sea ban. I only knew about the Japanese version. But how could such a move be reconciled with China's recent expansion into global politics?
- pcr0 9y agoThat was a totally different China. Since then there was the communist cultural revolution and then "capitalism with Chinese characteristics" which is where China is currently.
- mistermann 9y agoWell, it certainly seems to be working, as most western countries seem to be coming apart at the seams, China continues its breathtaking transformation.
- Baeocystin 9y agoDon't mistake a curated highlight reel for ground truth. I used to live in China when I was a kid. There are vast aspects both wonderful and terrible that never seem to make themselves known in the Western world. China has tremendous potential. It also has deep, systemic problems with no easy solution (or even a solution at all) in sight.
- coldtea 9y agoSo just like any other country, which is amazing for a 1.x billion behemoth.
- Baeocystin 9y agoNo. Amplified. The problems we're having in the West, even today, are a hangnail compared to the societal-structural issues currently facing mainland China.
- mistermann 9y agoCan you give any examples? Undoubtedly there are still numerous problems, but is it not just that they can't fix the entire country simultaneously, and some areas just have to wait their turn?
- em3rgent0rdr 9y agoRich poor divide. Transportation. Pollution. Environment. Ethnic separatism/unrest. Energy. Public Health. Rights of criminally accused. And a not quite as well refined legal system...for instance I was reading about how drivers who accidentally hit a pedestrian are actually incentivise to backup to make sure to kill the pedestrians. And the social acceptance and ability to talk freely about social issues in public forums.
- mistermann 9y agoTo me, most of these are works in progress and simply a matter of timing and priority. The others, while they feel very "wrong" when viewed through the eyes of someone raised in our culture, I don't think are necessarily that harmful provided leadership is reasonably benevolent in the aggregate, which is my impression of China.
- E6300 9y ago> drivers who accidentally hit a pedestrian are actually incentivise to backup to make sure to kill the pedestrians Why?
- sven-67 9y agoGiven the ever increasing amount of garbage on the Western internet being pumped into peoples minds 24*7 I find it incredulous that people believe the western internet is an healthy environment that fosters creativity. People including the best in society seem to be spending much more of their time reacting to information overloading their minds. At least the Chinese are doing something about it. The west has it head deep in the sand.
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- enoemos 9y agoYeah, the Neo Conficius Ideology is dangerous to creativity and open society too.
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