So, having discovered that the commie pricks only block access to the individual blog sites, and not the blogger.com site, it would appear that I can continue posting from behind the Great Firewall of China with reckless abandon. That, coupled with the feature of getting the comments mailed to your gmail account means I have no excuse for slacking in the postings department. This whole experience does open the door to some interesting ramblings on what it means to be a Commie? Perhaps some inner soul searching by the CCP would elicit some interesting revelations. From my observations, I've drawn up the following list of late ccc's (communist china characteristics)
1) corrupt local government officials can speculate on your land
2) no sick days
3) no unions
4) complete restrictions on freedom of movement inside your own country, such that when you are forced to migrate to the city to earn money because the government price controls on the basic commodities that you produce on your farm are so low as to make farming impossible financially, you become an illegal migrant in your own country and as such are forced to work under the most miserable conditions for poor and often no pay to construct the gargantuan edifices of the international business elite.
5) no universal health care. if you're wealthy step straight on up to the front of the line.
6) an unhealthy fixation on bright shiny things
7) the abandonment of the bicycle and public transit for cars (often driven poorly by the wealthy who can afford to bid for their license...graduated licensing may be a money grab, but selling driver's permits to the highest bidder makes the roads an interesting place. No stopping in the middle of a 8 lane highway is not a good idea.
See if this has the Chinese SS knocking on the door.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
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2 comments:
But I love sick days! If this is communism, count me out sir.
Surely you jest - I've only heard good things about communism; especially the Chinese kind!
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