CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 24, 2021
DON’T EVER BE FOOLED BY COMMUNISTS. THEIR IDEOLOGY ALWAYS TRUMPS POLICY. IT HAS SINCE
MARX, LENIN, STALIN AND MAO AND IT IS TODAY WITH CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINGPING. WHILE
INCREASING PRIVATE ENTERPRISE HAS BOOSTED THE CHINESE ECONOMY – WITH AMERICAN HELP I MIGHT
ADD – PRESIDENT XI HAS REVERTED TO A CAMPAIGN AGAINST IT.
MILLIONS HAVE BEEN LIFTED OUT OF POVERTY IN CHINA AFTER ECONOMIC REFORMS WERE
INSTITUTED FOUR DECADES AGO FOLLOWING MAO’S DEATH. PERHAPS XI FEARS THAT ADDITIONAL
PROSPERITY WILL BRING NEW DEMANDS AND DEMONSTRATIONS FOR FREEDOM AS WE HAVE SEEN IN
HONG KONG.
A WALL STREET JOURNAL ARTICLE GETS TO THE HEART OF THE PROBLEM FOR THE CHINESE
COMMUNIST PARTY: “IM MR. XI’S OPINION, PRIVATE CAPITAL HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO RUN AMOK,
MENACING THE PARTY’S LEGITIMACY.”
AND THERE YOU HAVE IT? RESULTS DON’T MATTER. ONLY THE PARTY AND ITS CONTROL OVER THE
LIVES OF ITS CITIZENS MATTERS. IF YOU THINK THIS BEARS TOO CLOSE A RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT IS
HAPPENING IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW, YOU WOULD NOT BE FAR OFF. I’M CAL THOMAS.
