China: Victims of China’s Cultural Revolution, your stories can always be blogged (3/4) – John Kennedy

From Global Voices Online:

Regarding the relationship between those who were purged and the ruling Party, you’ve just put it very well. China’s intellectuals and China’s citizens are all very nice and good. My article of just two days ago, “The more shameless the government gets, the more moved the people get,” made just this point. He can no longer tell the difference. He’s been brainwashed by the great, glorious and all-knowing for fifty years and now he can’t change. Attached to the end of that post of mine are over four hundred comments, four to five of which say I don’t understand the government. I say the common people understand the government just fine. It’s the government that doesn’t understand the people. I’ll tell ya, this kind of relationship is an indentured relationship. That is, ‘I’ve paid my taxes, now you must do things for me.’ To that I say that many times, this government’s actions are just like those of a bandit’s. I pay my taxes and not only does the government not help me, but instead becomes hostile. You tell me, is or isn’t that a bandit? [Full Text]

See also: Part (2/4) and Part (1/4), (4/4) to come.

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