O'Brien could have spared us a lot of superfluous prose if he had adopted an understanding of left and right brain thinking: China is more right and the West left.
Hard to believe the same O'Brien wrote both pieces. As you said this one's more conciliatory. He does not want to go to war over a region-specific conflict thousands of miles away. Amen!
He brings up the influence of Christianity on Western moral philosophy which makes it different and, in his mind, better than China's. We think all souls are created equal. They (Confucius) see hierarchy right from cradle to grave). However, the notion of hierarchy is foundational to the East and philosophically to conservatism in the West, at least if you peel back the Christian layer and consider our pagan past. One might want to read some of Rolo Slavsky's recent articles about this. The collapse of Christianity under the covert assault of Judaism and the jihad of Islam seems catastrophic in its consequences. But a reconsideration of equality vs hierarchy in human values is now becoming possible.
The Egyptians, Summerians, Greeks and Romans didn't believe in equality and they did pretty well. Greco-Romans of course had a notion of democracy, but it was not inclusive of "All men are created equal."
As I see it, this war started Go style, with slow, gradual infiltration of all the key points of the western societies, continued Chess style, with calculated hits and diversions here and there - clot shots, masks, lockdowns, war, food and energy shortage - and as they advance with their agenda it changes more and more into Battleships, they don't care about being exposed, don't even cover their lies and abuses, laws and regulations have become science fiction, they just laugh in our faces while doing whatever they like.
Whether it will end up Wrestling or Whack-a-mole style, remains to be seen...
This was an interesting article. It’s hard to understand other cultures like China, whose underlying principles and thought processes can be so different than our own. Important to know though, so we can see past the noise and find commonality.
I cannot square the circle though of how China could be moving to be more free, while at the same time using the social credit scoring system that takes away freedom if one deviates from what the government standard is on all behavior and thought. Am I missing something here? Is it a question of how they view individual freedom there versus our western way of seeing that? I can’t say I would embrace there view over our own, if that is the case.
We really didn't get the real story of what happened in Tianamen square.
Here's some points to ponder... And if you watch the guy in front of the tank full video, you'll see that he went on top of the tank, talked to the guys, got off, and went on his way.
Meanwhile, in protests in the US, I have seen people blocking police, getting run over, no tank needed. Nobody gets in trouble... But a guy stopping a tank and not being run over is the sign of oppression? Lol
If we don't fix ourselves first nothing will change. Start by planting a garden.
O'Brien could have spared us a lot of superfluous prose if he had adopted an understanding of left and right brain thinking: China is more right and the West left.
Hard to believe the same O'Brien wrote both pieces. As you said this one's more conciliatory. He does not want to go to war over a region-specific conflict thousands of miles away. Amen!
He brings up the influence of Christianity on Western moral philosophy which makes it different and, in his mind, better than China's. We think all souls are created equal. They (Confucius) see hierarchy right from cradle to grave). However, the notion of hierarchy is foundational to the East and philosophically to conservatism in the West, at least if you peel back the Christian layer and consider our pagan past. One might want to read some of Rolo Slavsky's recent articles about this. The collapse of Christianity under the covert assault of Judaism and the jihad of Islam seems catastrophic in its consequences. But a reconsideration of equality vs hierarchy in human values is now becoming possible.
The Egyptians, Summerians, Greeks and Romans didn't believe in equality and they did pretty well. Greco-Romans of course had a notion of democracy, but it was not inclusive of "All men are created equal."
Trudeau Liberals are an “oppressive government” like China: US Congressman.....https://tnc.news/2022/06/10/trudeau-liberals-are-an-oppressive-government-like-china-us-congressman/
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Chess vs Go. That is a subtle observation.
As I see it, this war started Go style, with slow, gradual infiltration of all the key points of the western societies, continued Chess style, with calculated hits and diversions here and there - clot shots, masks, lockdowns, war, food and energy shortage - and as they advance with their agenda it changes more and more into Battleships, they don't care about being exposed, don't even cover their lies and abuses, laws and regulations have become science fiction, they just laugh in our faces while doing whatever they like.
Whether it will end up Wrestling or Whack-a-mole style, remains to be seen...
This was an interesting article. It’s hard to understand other cultures like China, whose underlying principles and thought processes can be so different than our own. Important to know though, so we can see past the noise and find commonality.
I cannot square the circle though of how China could be moving to be more free, while at the same time using the social credit scoring system that takes away freedom if one deviates from what the government standard is on all behavior and thought. Am I missing something here? Is it a question of how they view individual freedom there versus our western way of seeing that? I can’t say I would embrace there view over our own, if that is the case.
We really didn't get the real story of what happened in Tianamen square.
Here's some points to ponder... And if you watch the guy in front of the tank full video, you'll see that he went on top of the tank, talked to the guys, got off, and went on his way.
Meanwhile, in protests in the US, I have seen people blocking police, getting run over, no tank needed. Nobody gets in trouble... But a guy stopping a tank and not being run over is the sign of oppression? Lol
https://www.reddit.com/r/communism/comments/mp2i0f/what_really_happened_at_tiananmen_square/