Wei Jingshen, of Asia News, has a fascinating article on the shaky hold the Communist regime has on its people today in China, in which he affirms:
Regardless of the rational concept of the Chinese Communist Party, it is already wrong from just viewing the method of the Communist ruling. More than two thousand years ago, Confucius already said, “Without trust, one cannot establish one’s self.” This is true for the government as well. When a government lacks trustworthiness, it cannot establish itself to stand solid. However, the basic method of the Communist Party is to obtain and maintain its power by relying on its authoritarian means. It does not need to be reasonable, nor require trust. For the Communist Party, violence is a panacea. As the Communist leaders said in the often-claimed quote by Mao Zedong, “the regime comes out of the barrel of a gun.” This gun barrel is the basic theory and basic principle, which was derived from the same origin of Marx and Lenin, and carried on by Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping.
Another ancient Chinese maxim says, “Obtain the world by power, and rule the world by power.” Credit and trust are irrelevant in their methods. “If I have power, I can cheat you any way I want, I can squeeze you any way I want, so what is the relevance if you believe me or not? All I need to do is to master the violent mechanism in my hand. I am a rogue, so fear me. If you do not, I will throw you to the ground and set my foot on your back.” This is the way for the Chinese Communist Party to hold power, and it does not need people’s trust, only obedience. Read this full article here.
