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the github repo mentionned in the article (16k stars): https://github.com/WeNeedHome/SummaryOfLoanSuspension https://github.com/WeNeedHome/SummaryOfLoanSuspensi

the github repo mentionned in the article (16k stars): https://github.com/WeNeedHome/SummaryOfLoanSuspension https://github.com/WeNeedHome/SummaryOfLoanSuspension

schleck8 4y ago
> Have faith in the party and the government. The party and the government will definitely give the people a satisfactory explanation, here is only for statistics, do not have excessive remarks! Then a link to a Mao speech. Weird
- elteto 4y ago
  They have to remove the risk of being labeled anti-party or dissidents. They do this by appealing to the ideology, at least superficially. Of course, this is a double edge play. Notice how the message boils down to “the party is right! It’s probably the fault of some dark, greedy figure(s) somewhere!”. But by absolving the government from ever being wrong you remove the possibility of them ever improving and fixing themselves. So someone(s) get sent to jail, others are demoted, and everything is swept unde the rug, but the structural problems remain and will appear again and again.
  - refurb 4y ago
    All problems in China are due to reactionary elements that are trying to overthrow the Party! And since the Party represents all Chinese, these elements are clearly attacking the Chinese people themselves so the only solution is to rally around the Party and help it solve the problem! /s
- mensetmanusman 4y ago
  The protesting citizens do this as a plea for help from the national government. They know that the true believers in the national government need to be kowtowed to. It is a risk to your life to protest the national government, but the national government allows protest to local governments as a means to reduce steam buildup. This results in over the top worship of Mao during local government protests as a hedge, because it creates a potential photo op where the local government is tearing down praise to Mao.
  - TMWNN 4y ago
    >The protesting citizens do this as a plea for help from the national government. They know that the true believers in the national government need to be kowtowed to. Could the plea for help from the national government be sincere? My understanding is that in early Soviet history, many people were sure that if Lenin/Stalin knew about the awful things local commissars were doing, the great leader would surely order such acts to stop. Obviously by the Brezhnev/Andropov years very, very few people would be so gullible as to believe such, and I suppose that it's awfully late in the history of the PRC and CCP to expect otherwise of the Chinese, but the thought at least came to mind. Another way to interpret this would be a (much, much more serious) counterpart, in the US and the West, during the past half decade of the de facto necessity in most parts of online discourse of prefixing anything that is not left of center-adherent with "I hate Trump, but".
- bigcat12345678 4y ago
  Maoism is for rebellion. Mao is an icon of mass initiated political movement. You thus saw Mao and Maoism get badmouthed universally nowadays. And you wonder why that's the case...

the github repo mentionned in the article (16k stars): https://github.com/WeNeedHome/SummaryOfLoanSuspension https://github.com/WeNeedHome/SummaryOfLoanSuspension

schleck8 4y ago

> Have faith in the party and the government. The party and the government will definitely give the people a satisfactory explanation, here is only for statistics, do not have excessive remarks! Then a link to a Mao speech. Weird

elteto 4y ago
They have to remove the risk of being labeled anti-party or dissidents. They do this by appealing to the ideology, at least superficially. Of course, this is a double edge play. Notice how the message boils down to “the party is right! It’s probably the fault of some dark, greedy figure(s) somewhere!”. But by absolving the government from ever being wrong you remove the possibility of them ever improving and fixing themselves. So someone(s) get sent to jail, others are demoted, and everything is swept unde the rug, but the structural problems remain and will appear again and again.
- refurb 4y ago
  All problems in China are due to reactionary elements that are trying to overthrow the Party! And since the Party represents all Chinese, these elements are clearly attacking the Chinese people themselves so the only solution is to rally around the Party and help it solve the problem! /s
mensetmanusman 4y ago
The protesting citizens do this as a plea for help from the national government. They know that the true believers in the national government need to be kowtowed to. It is a risk to your life to protest the national government, but the national government allows protest to local governments as a means to reduce steam buildup. This results in over the top worship of Mao during local government protests as a hedge, because it creates a potential photo op where the local government is tearing down praise to Mao.
- TMWNN 4y ago
  >The protesting citizens do this as a plea for help from the national government. They know that the true believers in the national government need to be kowtowed to. Could the plea for help from the national government be sincere? My understanding is that in early Soviet history, many people were sure that if Lenin/Stalin knew about the awful things local commissars were doing, the great leader would surely order such acts to stop. Obviously by the Brezhnev/Andropov years very, very few people would be so gullible as to believe such, and I suppose that it's awfully late in the history of the PRC and CCP to expect otherwise of the Chinese, but the thought at least came to mind. Another way to interpret this would be a (much, much more serious) counterpart, in the US and the West, during the past half decade of the de facto necessity in most parts of online discourse of prefixing anything that is not left of center-adherent with "I hate Trump, but".
bigcat12345678 4y ago
Maoism is for rebellion. Mao is an icon of mass initiated political movement. You thus saw Mao and Maoism get badmouthed universally nowadays. And you wonder why that's the case...