And when Buddhism first came to China from the West ("the West" meaning India) the government was wildly reactionary against it for similar reasons -- it seemed to undermine fundamental Confucian values Han Yu's Remonstrance of the Buddha's Bone is a fun read
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The essence of a communist uprising -- "I've been putting more into this than I'm getting out and I'm sick of it and I'm collecting on my debts by force" -- is absolutely anti-Confucian On a foundational level It is a way to think that you get taught *by capitalism*
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Which is why the emergence of capitalism -- putting a dollar value on shit, keeping track of credits and debits on a piece of paper -- is a *good thing*, even as it seems to broaden and deepen the scale of oppression it leads to future liberation That's the fucking dialectic
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I thought that was the whole point of "Communism with Chinese Characteristics"
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