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Government Business
T.P.Jackstraw Updated: 2004-04-01 09:52
I think, there are at least two other major currents in the Chinese culture that have some influence as well, Buddhism and Taoism; but that is not all either!
To me, the Chinese have evolved an advanced interactive social awareness of each other. That is to say, I feel there is a greater group awareness, not so much a conscious awareness, nor just a developed understanding, but more an innate sense of the group itself. Look here, even in this thread, for example. You can hear them quickly chide each other for fitting into the group as masters of self-agenda and deceit, or for just staying safe in the center of the group current, etc. They have a group awareness not often found in less densely evolved populations, I think.
Also, Mao's version of whatever ideology it has come to be known, I think, defies comparison to other systems. I think Mao employed only the aspects of Communism that he sensed, suited the Chinese. However, this unfortunate use of the nation's governmental style has made it an easy target for any knee-jerk response to the fear taught to be associated with that word. An unfortunate misuse of ideological concept that has no good basis in describing the actual government form! The big C word, is a conjuration of the old Soviet threat and all the horrible things that have been said about it!
Skip the hot air ideological talk for a moment and look at the cold reality. The government is in the business of staying in power. It may have an expanding business policy -- taking over competitors, expanding territory, finding new markets, selling new products, marketing its customers, corporate spying, press releases, etc. Most functions of a government have a business equivalent.
A government is a business, by whatever name you want to call it, government is a business. Different governments have different styles. You can go to your management books and you can put a name to the different styles. You can note that some companies are run like a dictatorship, some are run by a group of smart managers and good advisors, some are just duds, some are crooked, some are fair.
I note that some successful businesses that do not really have a good product, have an excellent marketing program. If you see a lot of money going into advertising, you should ask yourself why? Does the product not sell itself?
Peace,
TPJ
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