Even Mao Was Disgusted With Liberals

A few years ago I went to China for a trade show. One day I was strolling through Tienanmen Square and crossed on over into the Forbidden City. Not far into the Forbidden City I was approached by an old peddler selling copies of Chairman Mao's Little Red Book. He wanted $15 dollars. I really had no interest, but negotiated with him non-the-less; I offered 2 dollars. After a few moments of back and forth, I ended up buying the book from this old Chinese man for $4 dollars in US currency, and I probably over-payed. I then imagined Chairman Mao overturning in his grave on the other side of the square as this capitalist transaction, involving a collection of his quotes, just took place in the heart of the Chinese Communist empire; The irony was certainly not lost on me.

Anyway, I had bought the book, so I thought I might as well read it since it did play such a significant role in modern Chinese history. Mao certainly had a way of looking at things and he certainly was a Communist of the worst sort. Then I came to page 467, and I finally found a paragraph that I can identify with Mao on... and I kid you not... check it out:

"People who are liberal look upon the principles of Marxism as abstract dogma. They approve of Marxism, but are not prepared to practise it or to practise it in full; they are not prepared to replace their liberalism by Marxism. These people have their Marxism, but they have their liberalism as well - they talk Marxism but practise liberalism; they apply Marxism to others but liberalism to themselves. They keep both kinds of goods in stock and find a use for each. This is how the minds of certain people work."

Wow! Even Mao recognized the double-talking, two-faced hypocritical insincerity of the modern day "liberal."

Joe

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