Obviously this means Xi is doing a good thing by ensuring revisionists, opportunists, and dogmatists maintain the unity of the party and country through rigorous political education and anti-factionalism.
Obviously this means Xi is doing a good thing by ensuring revisionists, opportunists, and dogmatists maintain the unity of the party and country through rigorous political education and anti-factionalism.
Okay, so I read the entire article, and like most of these China articles nowadays, I literally don't get the point. It's like they just say a thing in a particular tone and expect you to agree that it's bad.
Like...the CCP just wants the best members in its party so that it is able to fulfill its missions. Isn't that literally what all organizations do??? Isn't the most severe criticism of other government agencies all over the world that they aren't that discerning and selective and end up being inefficient/parasitic? Like...the CCP doesn't want to just become a place for the rich to network or a status symbol (as it was increasingly becoming, and like basically all elite Western institutions are). What the fuck is so wrong about that?
Safe bet to always assume liberalism as your starting point. So without reading the article I'd guess the point is that you should be free to just join whatever political party/organization you want and you should be free to
sabotagepolitely voice your disagreements and totally not try to sow discord and discontent because free speech means I should be able toinfiltratejoin andopenly opposedebate and dispute the ideology of whatever group/organization I want without consequence because of course I'm always right.This is what you get when you can't conceive of any social organization besides liberal democracy so a party with strict rules and requirements for membership along with high standards for higher ranking officials is the complete opposite of all of that.
It would be impossible for a senile racist sex offender to rise to the leadership of the CPC and what's the point of having a political party if that can't happen?!
The actual responsibilities of party members that are detailed seem like a combination of volunteer work and political education. Sounds to me like Xi is consolidating power again.
white media in general
I think the point is to portray Xi as an "authoritarian" who is consolidating power, and creating a personality cult around himself. US popular ideology doesn't really allow us to go war (literally or more abstractly) against a government that is democratically elected. We have to paint our enemies as "hand-picked authoritarian firebrands" or whatever. Because then we can pretend to draw a contrast between our big beautiful democracy and freedoms against them.