Traditional China has five thousand years of civilization, why can’t it cultivate one flower of freedom?
<p>While Tocqueville had begun to worry about the tyranny of the majority in democracy, in China, the tyranny of the minority was still “naturally justified”.</p>
<p>The reason is simple: “freedom” has always been an unfamiliar concept in Chinese political thought.</p>
<p>It is no exaggeration to say that individualism is completely foreign to traditional Chinese culture.</p>
<p>Chinese people do not value individual judgment and are more accustomed to group thinking. They regard “what others say” as more important than “what they think”.</p>
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