Re: China: Mandate of heaven?

Lproudman:

> Of course. In 1949 the peasants gave the CPC the mandate of heaven. If
> the CPC does not take care of its people. Then the same poor peasants
> and the weak will surely rise again and take that mandate away. As
> repeated throughout the history of All Under Heaven. So the Son of
> heaven be fearful of the weakest.

Precisely ....

Unfortunately, many choose to focus on its apparently super-
stitious elements. And ignore it Machiavellian design. It is
a paradoxical moral gun to the head of the ruler.

And a Con****ian license to shoot .... :)

Regards,

Albert K. Fung
Casa Tres Palmas, Santa Ynez, California, USA.
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