China is making idiots out of her citizens

China regulates information that flows in and through its lands. Television, radio, newspapers and the internet are heavily censored to prevent leftist news and views adversarial to the Government. From news on Tibet and the Panchen Lama to documentaries on Capitalist ideals, china has denied her children the dignity to access information and decide for themselves what to believe in. Truth is what the government defines it to be. There is no “public opinion” or “public morals,” the proper opinion and morals are packed and distributed by the government for its people. The people cannot think for themselves because they have no access to information that would be proper bases of their judgments. An idiot is a person who has no ability to think. Since the Chinese cannot think for themselves, all 1.2 billion of them are made idiots.

It is ironic that socialism, the fervor that flows in China’s veins, is borne out of leftist and activist movements. Now that leftist socialism has engulfed the entire of China, the government is now using the same socialism to kill leftist and activist sentiments.

Perhaps it is the culture of China which gives its government the mindset that the proper way to living is discipline. And proper discipline is instilled through stiff mastership. The proliferation of martial arts in Chinese culture exemplifies this. Each martial art is a “way” on how to live one’s path. “do” means way, hence, TaekwonDO, AikiDO and JuDO. These arts are “disciplines,” meaning discipline is the method how to instill the virtues in each art. Each discipline is taught in only style: hard-as-hell stiffness of senses and masters.

In the same respect, the Chinese government wants to impose discipline on its people through hard-as-hell means on how to live one’s path. Information is a basic right of every rational being; no amount of public policy can justify deprivation of a basic right. Public policies exist to make lives better. A life without the basic right to know the truth is not a human life at all, such is merely a sentient existence. Our ability to think for ourselves is what separates us from animals. If the Chinese cannot reflect and use their powers of reason, then China’s policy of regulating information defeats the very purpose of policies – to make lives worth living.