Comment I placed in CNN.
Americans and Europe have more to fear for a fully democratic China than an authoritarian one.
In an authoritarian one, as it now stands, the authority is able to persuade the populace that their natural state are dogs on a leash. So many of them, including the fearless Jackie Chan, accept that it is for their own good to be dogs on a leash.
However, have we ever considered what would be unleashed in a fully democratic China, that we would even wish to encourage that? The full forces of Confucianism and Taoism (not the religions but the culture) would be released.
Those are grandiose traditions - they see every thing as connected. Confucianism vs Taoism is akin to Sunni vs Shiite, Catholic vs Protestants. Confucians see things as connected by group mandate, Taoists see things as connected by fluid individuality. They both themselves admit that they are fire vs water.
The world will face drastic changes, when the cultural forces of a fully democratic China demands the rest of the world to see events, ethics, morality and progress in their perspectives.
Fortunately, the Communist party of China and Jackie Chan can still successfully persuade their people that they are worthy as mere dogs on a leash.
Read Jackie Chan supports suppression of freedom in China.
Americans and Europe have more to fear for a fully democratic China than an authoritarian one.
In an authoritarian one, as it now stands, the authority is able to persuade the populace that their natural state are dogs on a leash. So many of them, including the fearless Jackie Chan, accept that it is for their own good to be dogs on a leash.
However, have we ever considered what would be unleashed in a fully democratic China, that we would even wish to encourage that? The full forces of Confucianism and Taoism (not the religions but the culture) would be released.
Those are grandiose traditions - they see every thing as connected. Confucianism vs Taoism is akin to Sunni vs Shiite, Catholic vs Protestants. Confucians see things as connected by group mandate, Taoists see things as connected by fluid individuality. They both themselves admit that they are fire vs water.
The world will face drastic changes, when the cultural forces of a fully democratic China demands the rest of the world to see events, ethics, morality and progress in their perspectives.
Fortunately, the Communist party of China and Jackie Chan can still successfully persuade their people that they are worthy as mere dogs on a leash.
Read Jackie Chan supports suppression of freedom in China.
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