Cai Ziqiang accepted the 01 interview and wrongly judged the death of Hong Kong democracy, but are the local right-wing within the local faction qualified to laugh at it? (superior)

Article link: https://www.boyangu.com/sc/news/Cai Ziqiang-01-democracy-native/

Although this trivial incident has passed, Qi Gan, as a leftist, should complain about this topic.

Cai Ziqiang's attitude towards democracy is also ridiculous. Just like in the 18th and 19th centuries, both democracy and universal suffrage were slandered terms—because the bourgeoisie at that time (such as university lecturers and middle-class Cai Ziqiang) were comfortable with their own privileges and wealth, they Deeply afraid that if more political power is given to the working class and ordinary people, the glory and wealth that they enjoy through the fat and anointing of the people will be wiped out—so they are firmly opposed to universal suffrage.

It is taken for granted that universal suffrage is the result of years of hard work by the masses, and has little to do with benevolent concessions from the powerful. These possessing classes who opposed universal suffrage valued above all liberty—their wealth and freedom to live comfortably. As for how difficult the grassroots people are living, whether they can improve themselves and develop themselves through democracy has never been the object of their consideration.

Therefore, for Cai Ziqiang and these propertied classes, their own freedom is the goal, and democracy is only a means to protect their freedom. If democracy threatens their wealth and freedom, they would rather not have democracy and support a Benevolent dictators protect their property and liberty.

Of course, as a leftist, Qi Gan was really surprised by the short-sightedness of Cai Ziqiang and others, because the chaebols and powerful people ate most of the cake and just gave them some pieces of cake, and they were ecstatic and gave up the most progressive Democracy—it turns out that the so-called democrats are so easy to recruit.

Mr. Au Longyu, the predecessor of the Trotskyites, recalled in the article " Cai Zi has a verse, Hong Kong is not running " that after the failure of the June 4th democracy movement, Cai Ziqiang, a college student who was the pride of CUHK at that time, strongly denounced that the revolution must not be feasible—— Immediately, the workers in the audience scolded you middle-class people for being rich and hot, so naturally you don't care about the dire situation and poverty at the grassroots level. As a young high school student, he already regarded progressive democracy as a scourge. No wonder Cai Ziqiang's democratic ideas have been very conservative for many years.

Where is the difference between this worker's democracy and Cai Ziqiang's democracy?

What the workers pursue is for the whole people to enjoy the fruits of labor and the economy. Therefore, they demand progressive democratic reforms that allow the public to have the right to ask how economic resources are allocated; The Hong Kong elite, middle class, and rich people maintain their lifestyle and wealth unchanged after the reunification. If the democratic reform is too radical and threatens their way of life, their heads will degenerate into those who opposed it in the 18th and 19th centuries. The bourgeoisie with universal suffrage reiterated the anti-democratic discourse of the royalist party once again.

Qi Gan believes that because a considerable number of pan-democratic trends follow Cai Ziqiang's democratic line, the starting line and direction of the democratic movement are already wrong. Therefore, Fanmin and Cai Ziqiang hold high the middle-class line, and dare not tell grassroots education and enlightenment that the true meaning of democracy is to pursue economic and community freedom (worrying that the general public will rebel and threaten their leadership), coupled with Apple Daily’s opposition Grassroots tendencies—As a result, a considerable number of citizens who lack democratic education are brainwashed by the royalist party to become anti-democratic by the snake snacks, small favors, and public opinion offensives.

At the same time, Fanmin and Cai Ziqiang are also superstitious. As long as the democratic movement is not radicalized, Beijing will naturally keep its promise and give Hong Kong democracy. The Lord has nothing to do with it. This also reflects why Cai Ziqiang even accepts some political reform proposals that are not in line with democracy. Because (their) freedom is the end and democracy is the means.

As a result, history made a joke of Cai Ziqiang. The Hong Kong movement in 2019 highlighted the millennial generation's dissatisfaction with the CCP's lies, so they wanted to rise up and resist, at the expense of everything. Although, the CCP’s counterattack has left Hong Kong in a slump, and many people have to flee in all directions. But in this kind of resistance, the democracy implied by Huangsi's community mutual assistance is much stronger than Cai Ziqiang's half-toned democracy, and it is worthy of recognition.

Confronting a powerful totalitarian state has always had little chance of success. Even if Hong Kong people do not resist, the only freedom they have will be "dried up" sooner or later (but maybe it can be maintained until Cai Ziqiang dies of old age, and then Cai Ziqiang will not care about the flood) . The success of no democratic movement in history has completely waited for those in power to take the initiative to make concessions. Hong Kong people are proud of their defeat. Qi Gan is just hesitant. If history has it, pan-democracy was not superstitious about middle-class politics and indifferent to the development of grassroots democracy 30 years ago. Instead, he focused on developing grassroots democracy and developing organizations. Maybe even if the law is oppressing the situation now, the CCP may be even more difficult. Liquidate Hong Kong people.

However, if it is only because of the miscalculation of Cai Ziqiang and the mainstream pan-democratic movement's strategy for more than 30 years, it reflects that the local faction and the local right wing are wise and clever, and Qi Gan feels that it is ridiculous, thinking that he has committed a black and white fallacy. .

If you want to know what happens next, please pay attention to the next chapter.