re: #41 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

American culture would be a lot more “harmonious” if certain groups knew their place in society and did aspire beyond it.

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The Communist Party has long pushed a very focused version of Confucianism, which values obedience and respect to elders, leaders, parents, and teachers. It also conveniently inculcates in the populace a kind of reverence for the Supreme Leader, and his minions. It’s sad that the revolution which ended forever any chance of a Chinese hereditary emperor regaining the throne merely substituted an oligarchy with powers identical to the emperor. New boss, same as the old boss.

The parallel to that in the USA is the religious right and the white supremacists, who want a harmonious society where everyone who is not male, straight, white and Christian just shuts up and follows orders.