The culture wars of the last few years seem to have calmed down post-pandemic. Maybe people are more focussed on a return to the new normal than on virtue signalling on social media. Big business like the US movie industry has also realised that woke movies do not make much money. Nonetheless I would like… Continue reading The road to Hell
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Unintended Consequences
China became more liberal during the years after Mao, rapidly developing economically, transferring control away from the state in some areas and transitioning towards a market economy. Then there were the Tiananmen Square protests, the protests famously ending violently. In the years since those events, and maybe as a direct consequence, China has reversed some… Continue reading Unintended Consequences
Contemporary Totalitarianism and the Successors of the Red Guard
I recently read about the Four Olds of the Chinese Cultural Revolution which were Old Ideas, Old Culture, Old Customs, and Old Habits. The campaign by the Red Guard against these took place because they are pre-communist ideas and so they needed to be replaced with other things more in line with communist thought.I wonder… Continue reading Contemporary Totalitarianism and the Successors of the Red Guard