chinese morality

[wkllaw]

I would like to talk about something that is becoming increasingly decadent and shameless. The chinese society seems to be increasingly care only about getting ahead and achieving wealth. There is a absence in right and wrong and the people don't have much of a sense of justice.

Some older people see communism and the past as a time where people were all poor, but mostly honest. The past of confucianism or communism was a time of turmoil, but at least the people were generally more polite and nicer. This is a view held by many people.

Because of the void of morality, groups seem to be eager to fill that void and it seems the cults of Falun Gong that urge confrontations against opposition were on the rise because of that.

It has become an eat man with intense competition against each other. When a injustice is done where someone gets hurt, most people don't care. I've seen one incident where a man was struggling and getting beaten by a police officer and the people around were watching it while some were taping the incident and they treated it like entertainment.

Any thoughts on the state of morality in China.

[astralis]

wkllaw,

Some older people see communism and the past as a time where people were all poor, but mostly honest. The past of confucianism or communism was a time of turmoil, but at least the people were generally more polite and nicer. This is a view held by many people.

imagining the past, everyone does it. people were plenty savage back then; look at what happened in the GPCR. read a few books by the noted author ha jin (哈金).

by the way, i would argue that what most people consider "morality" only arises in prosperous societies in which rule of law is respected. they can AFFORD morality, and manners- and they WANT to show morality, and manners.

china still isn't prosperous, and rule of law is still not respected. with time, this will change. and so will people, who naturally are no worse and no better than any other average people on earth.

[gunnut]

I would like to talk about something that is becoming increasingly decadent and shameless. The chinese society seems to be increasingly care only about getting ahead and achieving wealth. There is a absence in right and wrong and the people don't have much of a sense of justice.

You mean like the US today? ;)

[TopHatter]

I would like to talk about something that is becoming increasingly decadent and shameless. The chinese society seems to be increasingly care only about getting ahead and achieving wealth. There is a absence in right and wrong and the people don't have much of a sense of justice.

Any thoughts on the state of morality in China.

Dealing with our fraternal socialist comrades in the People's Republic of China on a daily basis gives me a few first-hand opinions on this subject.

I don't know if I should express them here on the WAB though, as they are far from complimentary and I don't really know how to say them politely, only bluntly.