Faith and Trust - In whom can you trust? - Epistemological optimism and pessimism
Faith and Trust In whom can you trust? Epistemological optimism and pessimism
This is the fourth post in the series on civil society in China
An ancient proverb – “The Center is our benefactor, the province is our relative, the county is a good person, the township is an evil person and the village is our enemy”
This Chinese proverb suggests optimism about the relationship of the peasant to higher levels of government. Nothing at all like the American conception of pushing government decision-making to as low a level as possible, and certainly nothing like Republican avowals to “drown the federal government in a bathtub.” And most assuredly nothing like “Keep your government hands off my Medicare.”