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support one China
support democracy
On 4/6/2009 will be the 20th anniversary of the
六四event or the tiananmen square massacre.
Lets all pay respect and remember those
students who died for democracy
Next comment was taken from a forum,wasn't written by me
The logic behind democracy is simple; collective decision-making is probably better than one person calling all the shots. After all, people know what they want better than any leader can presume to. The idea of a virtuous, paternal leader guiding the masses to a just and prosperous harmony may sound tempting but it nearly always fails in the end; first, he cannot know what people really want without feedback, second, power being the most addictive drug, he would be unwilling to cede leadership should anything go wrong, and lastly, it would require the total obedience of all subjects. And how does one decide when we are ready for democracy? When are we rich enough to have a voice?
Despite its long history, in modern terms China is quite a young country. Of course, I do not expect it to suddenly install voting ballots or any other drastic changes that would cause more instability than good. But currently, China is just postponing the introduction of political freedom. It seems to be merely building a thin veneer of happiness and harmony while ignoring many underlying problems. Many dictatorship economies grow quite comfortably for a while until power is returned to the people and everything gets messed up. China needs to start nurturing a 'system' where people's political opinion can be voiced and ultimately where political leaders pay heed to these opinions not for fear of riots but of poll results.
Democracy in the West took centuries, it's true. But fledgling democracies have at least a variety of models to adapt to their liking, just as they do with advanced economies.
communism offered the prospect of a glorious future to frustrated people, enabling them to find a refuge from the lack of personal accomplishments in their individual existence. Individual is then assimilated into a compact collective body and "fact-proof screens from reality" are established
