• WldFyre@lemm.ee
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    2 days ago

    You honestly think citizens should be publicly punished and shamed for purely strategic reasons? I somehow don’t believe that.

    every Party member must uphold it

    Sounds like a moral imperative to me tbh

    But honestly this is just more examples of trying to weasel out of hypocritical positions like evangelical Christians do. Change some words around and act like it’s a different thing even though the real world effect is the same, which is funny for a group that claims to deal in material conditions.

    “I don’t HATE you, I just think you deserve to go to Hell.”

    “We don’t denounce deviation because deviating is immoral, we denounce it because it would be bad game theory not to.”

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      You honestly think citizens should be publicly punished and shamed for purely strategic reasons? I somehow don’t believe that.

      I think Party members should be disciplined and forced to follow the Party line. Regular citizens who aren’t involved with politics shouldn’t be held to the same standards. If you want to be member of the Communist Party then you must subject yourself to the democratic center.

      They don’t really hold every single Chinese citizen to the same standards as Party members these days. It’s unnecessary.

      Sounds like a moral imperative to me tbh

      It’s strategic because the goal is to advance the Party agenda. A moral imperative is just saying it’s the right thing to do, but that’s not what democratic centralism is about. It’s a strategy to hold Party members to a Party line and advance the Party’s agenda.

      You’re trying to frame this as moralism but it has nothing to do with right or wrong. It’s about what works.

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        Lol exact same outcome but since I accepted Jesus into my heart wanted to advance the party agenda it’s okay

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          1 day ago

          Except if you look at China today it clearly worked. It’s an evidence based scientific approach to politics. No faith necessary.

          Meanwhile, religious people can’t prove anything and have no evidence for anything and have to take everything on faith.