RE: China cracks down on 'Doomsday cult'
December 19, 2012 at 5:58 pm
(This post was last modified: December 19, 2012 at 6:12 pm by Anomalocaris.)
In their civilizational experience, tolerance of apocalyptic or utopian cults generally precedes social upheaval, bloody civil wars, dynastic collapse. They have long memories and a strong cultural reliance on civilizational experience. They also have a high appreciation for sophisticated, case by case pragmatism, and a contempt of the western concept of general "principle", whether that concept is applied to "free speech", "free market", "rights", etc.
To them, no one should have any freedom to speak in a manner which experience has shown to threaten social stability. If a "principle" contradicts this, then obviously the principle is overreaching, stupid and needs to be scraped.
To them, no one should have any freedom to speak in a manner which experience has shown to threaten social stability. If a "principle" contradicts this, then obviously the principle is overreaching, stupid and needs to be scraped.
