Hamartia Antidote
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Yeah, we're definitely NOT missing out on that!
That sort of defeats the whole point of "first class", don't it?
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Yeah, we're definitely NOT missing out on that!
That sort of defeats the whole point of "first class", don't it?
How could we be missing out, lol? They're practically the same minus a few differences here and there?!
It's fascinating stuff, though, when you think about the term "luxury" which between these two societies, they're defined drastically different from one another. While in the US luxury can surpass the gluttonous level and the sky's the limit since we embody a capitalist society. But in a communist society like China, it doesn't work that way. It would go against the collective concept of equality so they would never encourage too much luxury since not everyone could participate and enjoy such levels of luxurious comfort. But they can push the limit as far as it becomes borderline acceptable and still remain in the "average" level for the majority and still pass as the collective while at the same time, giving the impression that it isn't restrictive.
This is the classic representation of pushing the bounds of negative freedom to mirror positive freedom as much as possible to make it acceptable to the masses. This was foreseen way back in ancient times by the greats such as Aristotle & Cicero and so on when they defined the concepts of positive & negative freedoms.
It's fascinating stuff because if you think about it, the Chinese ruling party has realized that the concept of negative freedom associated with Communism restricts & hinders positive growth, and there must be a collective order to maintain that balance between freedom and constraints. At the same time, realizing it needs to compete with the world to get on top, it can't practice the full extent of the laws of negative freedom. The younger and motivated generations won't stand for it. So, the genius that is the ruling Chinese have accepted & acknowledged that while individuals should have the freedom to make choices for the benefit of growth, it had to be limited and cannot allow full positive freedom because that's the essence of a free society and contrary to the basic tenets of communism, hence there are limits to strike a balance and ensure a harmonious society.
That's exactly what we see here in that balance which prevents unrestricted actions that could disrupt social order. So, it's about finding that sweet spot where some freedom can coexist with responsibility AND respect for others. The Chinese have mastered that because they've learned from Tiananmen Square and the new, younger generation and the need to appease the masses and grow the country at the same time without losing the essence of Communism and collective equality.
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Tiananmen is a tiny tiny part of the phenomenon. These things happened before and they happen after....the only reason Tiananmen came to the forefront was location, timing (communist collapse worldwide) and the intersection fears with the PRC regime (the heavy purging of Zhao Ziyang, who was supposed to be Deng's successor) in that particular incident.
Yeah, definitely a level down right there. That's wild those folding seats right out in the middle of the hallway!? Dude walking by barely had 5 inches or so. And that was only one dude. Imagine if 10 people were sitting on those folding chairs it would take 20 minutes to get by them. That was probably the strangest thing to me lol.
The food looked ok. I looooove Chinese food who doesn't right? House fried rice with a bowl of hot & sour soup and a side of chicken wings with some hot oil yawzah! But gimme a gaddam fork or a spoon screw those friggin chop twigs man I can never pick up a gaddam thing with those gaddam things.
Ooop forgot to mention so much for 4 straight...
I read your comment with interest but can't reconcile everything you wrote with observations..PRC debt/GDP total is already 300% this early too.
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That's a fun post, Ant lol. What was the sudden inspiration behind that spontaneous nachos camachos post lol?
This is all going to end stupidly with some injury and women's basketball will get sent back into its usual obscurity and then the athletes will start moaning about their pay getting cut and endorsement money drying up.BTW, I am getting to sick and tired of my sweetheart getting pounded left and right by a bunch of racist pigs & jealous bullies, especially this POS whatever the frig her name is who arguably committed assault & battery on this disgusting play.
Cabots ice cream is fine...the lunch is mediocre.