Better Red Than Dead

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  • It is a remnant from the Northern Song Dynasty, as a form of etiquette and being polite, to not to disturb them while eating.

    “凡往见人,入门必问主人食否 […] 度无所妨,乃命展剌。有妨则少俟。”

    “Whoever you visit, you should ask them if they have eaten or not […] if they are about to eat, don’t enter the house until after they finish the meal. Otherwise, you would be intruding.”

    From the book “Lü Convention” 《吕氏乡约》

















  • Finally, the answer I wanted. Thank you very much for taking the time to respond, you helped me broaden my view on why things are how they are.

    I see the point. Looking at it abstractly as a war between narratives, lies and propaganda, it does make sense. But it does feel like an admission of guilt in the first moment, because why censor when you can make counter-propaganda? But yes, it is logical.

    I was just questioning my beliefs there because I felt like I have been conciously lied to by the CPC comrades, which has shocked me, because trust in the communist cause is endless.

    EDIT: Still, I very much think that agitating a whole squad of wumaos to try to disintegrate the potential dissident for single post thing is too much