tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post3956314564673292744..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: China and DemocracyStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-74832385752590805072020-10-31T09:24:06.999-07:002020-10-31T09:24:06.999-07:00And ne'er the twain shall meet!
Is China the ...And ne'er the twain shall meet!<br /><br />Is China the New Evil Empire? Yes! Boy, howdy!! Putin is just a piker.<br /><br />"While not quite a state media, it has certainly been turned into the propaganda arm of the Democratic Party:" As I keep saying, I don't know if the media are a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Dem Party, or it's the other way round, but it's obvious (OBVIOUS) that they're in cahoots!<br /><br />Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-47845961949040845472020-10-31T06:51:58.209-07:002020-10-31T06:51:58.209-07:00Today's Chinese millennials were obviously ed...Today's Chinese millennials were obviously educated under the rubrics of the Chinese basic education curriculum, described in a report to the OECD:<br /><br />"The emphasis on value development and the prioritisation [sic] of ideological development while retaining the importance of skills development are key components of the new curriculum."<br />--- "Education in China: A Snapshot", OECD 2016.<br /><br />Using the same Dalioan utilitarian calculus that praises the surveillance and social credit system for its "efficiency", prioritization of ideological development in basic education is also "efficient" and much less messy.<br /><br />I guess one could say there's hope for us, since our public schools are rapidly evolving to a model that emphasizes "ideological development". But I think our curriculum missies the skills development (e.g., 2 + 2 = 4) piece... unless you include "activism" as a skill (a mistake the peacemakers of Tiananmen Square would never make). trigger warningnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-88864972016085319102020-10-31T06:14:53.841-07:002020-10-31T06:14:53.841-07:00China - the most materialistic, nihilistic country...China - the most materialistic, nihilistic country on earth. It can only survive by exerting total control soon over the whole planet via 5G. It brings unprecedented security at the price of freedom. And given terror attacks, viruses, climate change and so on we will willingly opt for that. China, please save us! Will increasingly be the cry. Rob Weatherillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-65453381195503127142020-10-31T05:54:41.396-07:002020-10-31T05:54:41.396-07:00"While not quite a state media, it has certai..."While not quite a state media, it has certainly been turned into the propaganda arm of the Democratic Party"<br /><br /><br />Just ran across a quote from an NYT article, written early in the Trump presidency. The Times reporters faulted Trump for:<br /><br />“…believing that he can master an entrenched political press corps with far deeper connections to the permanent government of federal law enforcement and executive department officials than he has”…the president “is being force-fed lessons all presidents eventually learn–that the iron triangle of the Washington press corps, West Wing staff, and federal bureaucracy is simply too powerful to bully.<br /><br />This is a pretty clear assertion that the real government consists of the listed entities, and the president..any president..will must have his actions circumscribed by their desires…and that any ‘bullying’ will be done by those entities.<br /><br />Perhaps what is really in process is the government falling under the increasing control of the media (including social media), and the bureaucracy.David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.com