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The problem with this statement is the lack of admission of human nature. Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. Those in power in China have tot
by balabaster 10y ago
The problem with this statement is the lack of admission of human nature.
Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Those in power in China have total control and aren't willing to secede from power at any cost. Journalists are a threat to the order they've very carefully built to ensure they stay in power. While we may not agree with the manner in which they maintain power, you have to understand their motivations for treating journalists and freedom of speech the way they do.
They cannot allow freedom of speech or such journalism at any cost. For if they do the country would realize the extent of corruption and violation of human rights and they would rise up in revolution and overthrow the government - an outcome which those in control will do everything in their power to prevent.
- pdimitar 10y agoAgreed, and this is why our politics (worldwide, everywhere, not just in China) are fundamentally flawed -- because it inevitably leads to corruption. It's just human nature. We must collectively all admit this and devise a system where people in power have no chance at all to become corrupt because they won't be having tight grip on anything. Maybe a long-term strategy which is continually worked on by people who stay in power no longer than a year? Don't know, people much better informed than me have tried and failed in this regard, many times. But it's very clear that our current ruling systems don't work.