Exactly. The problem isn’t one of theory, but of execution. This is the fundamental problem of books like 1984, with the creation the meme of “Freedom is Slavery”, or people who misquote Benjamin Franklin.

We in the U S. already give up essential freedoms as part of the state apparatus, if the state cannot provide us with reliable security in exchange for those freedoms, then we do not owe anything to that state. The saddest part is that, in the past, these were essentials of the most basic theories of liberal government. It is unsurprising though, given the conservative state liberalism has retreated to. Now, there is only one protected class whose freedom or security matters, and the rest of us can essentially go fuck ourselves, with neither freedom nor security. Basically feudalism without God.

hmm…i guess i’d have to take your word for it because i don’t know how things operate in China, but i do agree that the system here will never be to the benefit of society as a whole