this is a part of what I wrote about regarding politics, if you are smart, you don't need to read the full text to pick up my point:
...Come
down to this understanding. What if we have no order? What will happen? A: we
will become better because no restriction. Less restriction lead to more
prosperity. B: We will not be getting better, since most people will rob banks
if they can get away with it. Which one is more likely? I choose B, which
is why I believe the pursuit of liberty isn’t an
endless pursuit.
Huang Chao was the leader rebellion at the end of the Tang dynasty. During the siege of Chen,
Huang’s army made hundreds of huge stone pestles, crushed people in the pestles
to mash for food. They killed thousands per day, and went to dozens of other
provinces to seize human. Recorder claimed that about one million were eaten
during the siege. That’s a good estimate. Because including kids, the average
people’s weight was 30 kg. Solder eats half a kg per day. 200,000 solders will
eat 3333 people. The siege was 300 days. In 300 days, 200,000 solders will
consume exactly a million people.
You can never picture
situations like that, can you? You think this is impossible nowadays. You
think you are better than them. The truth is: It’s not about good and bad. When
bad is an advantage, it doesn’t matter if you are not bad enough. You are not
bad people, then bad people will eliminate and replace you. It is the bad way
or the highway.
So why do I show you this
gross example? I want to bring this question: what caused it? As far as I think, it is better to say the total loss of order caused
that, than totalitarianism caused that. Although the total loss of order is
caused by totalitarianism. Totalitarianism treats people bad, but not that bad.
It wants to keep people alive, at least most people. Because people are
resource.
This is
my point: Freedom is not a linear standard that more freedom =
better society. Because order is equally important. In fact, I value order
more, because first, freedom is protected by order. I always value the root and
ground more than the superstructure. Second, with extreme order, you can at
least live. With extreme chaos, you will die.
Next question, why church? Because history proved it is the thing that works. In the east Europe, after all the years, the strongest force against communism is still church. Other things like reason, progression, wealth, knowledge, they are weak as hell. It didn’t take Bolsheviks a few years to tame all of them, but Bolsheviks could never eliminate the influence of church. And when communism breaks down, churches restored order in no time. Why not other form of order? Well, there were lots of experimental socialism and cult communities in US, they are all failed.
Next question, why church? Because history proved it is the thing that works. In the east Europe, after all the years, the strongest force against communism is still church. Other things like reason, progression, wealth, knowledge, they are weak as hell. It didn’t take Bolsheviks a few years to tame all of them, but Bolsheviks could never eliminate the influence of church. And when communism breaks down, churches restored order in no time. Why not other form of order? Well, there were lots of experimental socialism and cult communities in US, they are all failed.
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