Makai Shuo speaks well; he asks: Why don't the Chinese accept the "great gift" from the West—democracy?
He says that when China was weak and unable to defend itself, the West poured opium into China, yet never tried to instill "Western-style democracy," forcing China in 1842 to trade its tea for opium.
But now that China has grown strong and successful, the West exports its democracy—and then asks: "Why can't the Chinese accept this great gift from the West?"
I think the Chinese are deeply wary of the West, all thanks to the West's own conduct.
The Chinese have drawn an extremely profound lesson: When you are weak, the West will exploit you without mercy.
Now that they are powerful and have achieved remarkable success, the West tries every means to export its "democracy."
This means that, for the West, opium and democracy are interchangeable!
Western-style democracy is an ideology, a tool of disguise—outdated and obsolete.
This so-called gift is the simplest way to rule populations of lower intelligence, suppress the voices of a few high-intelligence individuals, and easily brainwash the majority through propaganda.
H.L. Mencken’s famous quote: “Democracy is the art and science of running a circus from within a monkey cage.”
It aptly foretells how Western-style democracy might devolve into a dramatic and chaotic spectacle.
A proverb from *The Odyssey*, warning about the Trojan Horse: “Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.”
Original: toutiao.com/article/1872013700490249/
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