Chapter 156: Paranoid Works
The "Rabble" that Wang Defu wants to write is obviously not a rigorous academic work, because rigorous academic works are bound to be boring, and how can boring works cause a wide range of topics?
Although Cao Xuping, the head of Wang Defu's department, hopes that he will create a more ideological work, and at the same time, it can also cause a variety of interpretations and discussions like Wang Defu's previous article "The Subservient Status of Women".
Wang Defu's purpose in writing books is always very pure, for example, "Dragon's Head" created under the pen name "Mo Xian" is for money, so now he wants to write "The Rabble" for fame, of course, such a reputation can also allow him to graduate early from undergraduate and easily go to graduate school, isn't this perfect?
Therefore, in a sense, the "Rabble" that Wang Defu wants to write is not completely for those who think they are high-minded, and perhaps after reading it, they will scold the book for not having any rigorous argumentation process at all, but just repeating and expounding a point of view - the masses are stupid, blindly obedient, and fanatical...... (a series of derogatory terms).
Only great leaders can make the masses great, but the masses can be easily exploited by careerists and become very mentally retarded.
I have to admit that Wang Defu actually wrote this book, but also ironic, all readers are also "rabble", as long as there is a group of "rabble" to blow this "rabble", then even if this book is written in the same point of view as the indignant youth, then it can become a work respected by many readers, and many readers who have not read this "rabble" will feel that it is a sociological masterpiece of force.
In fact, when Wang Defu wrote "The Subservient Status of Women" before, he had already tasted the sweetness of writing bigoted and inflammatory works, and asked him to write peaceful and mediocre works, which was absolutely impossible, maybe this is the real world, and there is not so much black and white at all.
However, Wang Defu is creating this kind of work that needs to cause a wide range of topics, that is, it should be black and white, and use the most paranoid and incendiary views to attract attention!
And the mass readers, a group of "rabble", must also like to read this kind of "non-shocking and endless" works, if you write that the masses are both wise and stupid, both rational and fanatical, both kind and cruel, then how many people read it?
It is better to write directly about the masses as stupid, fanatical, and cruel!
Because before this, there have been many works depicting the so-called "wisdom of the group", "perfect democracy", and "justice of the majority", which is actually in line with the development process of the Chinese empire, which has now changed from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy, and there are more and more people with the right to vote.
So on the whole, the Chinese empire is becoming more and more democratic, even if today's democracy is the democracy of the rich, but this does not prevent many literati from continuing to advocate democracy and limit royal power under the stick of capital, anyway, the worst democracy is much better than autocracy.
There are quite a few politically aspiring literati who hope to become the ruling class through democratic voting, so they need to advocate democracy all the more.
Among them, there is a famous young writer named Ye Liqing, who is a member of the Imperial Writers Association, a special writer, who is only 30 years old, and has won several literary awards with three works advocating democracy, and is famous in the Chinese literary circle, and is considered to be the leading figure in the young generation of "Beijing School writers".
Ye Liqing's best-selling work is "The Best Democracy", which was released at the beginning of this year, which argues that the truth is the most wrong view in the eyes of the minority, and that the minority must always obey the majority is the most correct.
Democratic decisions may not be the best, but certainly not the worst, we can't expect every king to be a perfect king, so we need to complete a variety of decisions through democracy, so that many people can have a stronger sense of belonging, but also to prevent the appearance of faint kings who mislead the country.
Although the Chinese Empire is already a constitutional monarchy, the authority of the king is still not to be underestimated, even if the old emperor who is now in power has already become an ornament, basically will not interfere with the decision-making of any cabinet, it can be described as "the Holy Son of Heaven reigns vertically", but the history of absolute monarchy in China since ancient times for thousands of years, so that the emperor has long been deified, therefore, if there is an emperor who wants to do something one day, he must also have the ability to do something.
And don't forget that the Chinese Empire is a capitalist country, and the imperial family also has a very powerful consortium, and there are many "imperial parties" that support the emperor, and many children of the royal family who want to participate in politics have joined such parties.
Ye Liqing, the young and middle-aged writer of the "Beijing School of Writers", is of course not a member of various "imperial parties", the party he joined is a very radical party advocating democracy, and he directly believes that there is no necessary party for the existence of the imperial family, because democracy is omnipotent, and such a thing as an emperor should not exist in modern society at all!
Of course, this is not to say that Ye Liqing is naïve, he actually knows that even if the emperor is gone, in modern society, there are still various substitutes for the emperor, but they are just called by a different name.
Therefore, he feels that democracy is the panacea that really ends autocracy, and his books are always full of praise for democracy, if democracy is a goddess, he is probably the most loyal licking dog of the goddess......
His brilliance lies in the fact that he can always make readers who read his books feel that as long as democracy can be truly realized, then everyone can turn over and become masters, and no longer have to suffer any exploitation and oppression.
Ye Liqing's book seems to be full of the atmosphere of freedom and democracy, and the wisdom of the people is the wisdom of the people when they open and close their mouths, which is really very positive, even if many "imperial parties" are unhappy with this young writer who is very good at inciting people's hearts, they do not use any extreme means.
However, if Ye Liqing's party came to power instead, then they would definitely say directly to these "imperial parties" - shut up, we are discussing democracy!
Their democracy is to kill the whole family of the imperial party!