Why China is actually conservative while America has become lawyerly
“Even if he's kept the communist symbols, you know, he you know, Mao went after the four olds and and went after filial piety and so and so forth.”
China's an enduring state. America's a lawyerly state. China actually is on the right in many ways, because Xi is all about the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Even if he's kept the communist symbols, you know, he you know, Mao went after the four olds and and went after filial piety and so and so forth. Then Xi completely reversed that where it's really, you know, nationalist conservative, you know, revival of five thousand years of history and so and so forth. And in many ways, when Doug Xiaoping took over in 1978, you know, a rebranding changes the logo but not the guts.
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The speaker argues that modern China under Xi Jinping represents a conservative, nationalist state focused on reviving 5,000 years of Chinese history, contrasting this with America's lawyerly approach to governance. Despite maintaining communist symbols, Xi has reversed Mao's destruction of traditional values and embraced filial piety and cultural revival. The analysis suggests this represents a fundamental rebranding rather than a core ideological shift since Deng Xiaoping's reforms in 1978.
Why this clip
This clip offers a provocative reframing of China's political evolution that challenges conventional left-right political categories.
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