Politics Tag Archive

Information warfare is ever more crucial in an Internet era

(Excerpt from Mindf*ck Monday #47: The endless pursuit of truth by Mark Manson) I attended a talk (on Zoom) a few months ago given by a former official from the US State Department and he said something that kind of...

September 17, 2020| Politics Read More

The ruler needs to decide what’s best for the country, even with unpopular decisions

(Excerpt from Han Feizi translated by Burton Watson) those who do not understand how to govern invariably say, “You must win the hearts of the people!” If you could assure good government merely by winning...

August 30, 2020| Politics Read More

Humans cannot be trusted – Legalism

(Excerpt from Han Feizi translated by Burton Watson) Legalist thought in general, and that of Han Feizi in particular, is marked by a drastically low opinion of human nature. Some scholars detect in the latter case the...

August 30, 2020| China, Machiavellian Read More

Getting benefits from a community requires some personal sacrifices

(Excerpt from Mindfuck Monday 17 Aug 2020 by Mark Manson) Basically: living in a community has benefits, but those benefits require that each individual makes sacrifices. Politics is then the discussion of these...

August 20, 2020| World Read More

China will never be a democracy

(Excerpt from Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master’s Insights on China, the United States, and the World) No. China is not going to become a liberal democracy; if it did, it would collapse. Of that, I am quite sure, and...

September 21, 2019| China, Politics Read More

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