Trouble in Tibet
So the Tibetans force themselves into the limelight again (such humble Buddhists) while the Chinese totalitarians lie through their teeth.
So what are the facts of the matter?
1 China invaded Tibet, as it has continually throughout history.
2 Tibet exports Buddhism into China.
3 China is an oppressive totalitarian regime (despite giving up on State Communism they retain its worse features).
4 Tibet was a theocratic feudal regime (despite DLs appeasing democratic verbiage Tibet has never been free, democratic or egalitarian).
5 The Tibetan culture and people are oppressed by China.
6 The majority of Tibetans have a higher standard of living under Chinese rule.
7 Current Chinese culture is narrow minded, materialistic and oppressive.
8 Current Tibetan culture is backward, mystical and oppressive.
9 Chinese Communism (or what remains of it) was an elitist cult of plebian origin, appealing to the resentful worldwide.
10 Tibetan Buddhism (in most of its forms) is an elitist cult of aristocratic origin, appealing to the bourgeisie
worldwide.
11 The Chinese Communists were former supporters of Stalin.
12 The Tibetan Buddhists (or at least some) were former supporters of Hitler.
13 The Chinese have commited atrocities worldwide and suppressed rival cultures.
14 The Tibetan Buddhists massacred many Bon Po Religionists and suppressed their religion.
15 Some accounts of Tibetan injustice are Chinese propaganda, backed by the State Intelligence service and its agents in Pro-Chinese Leftist groups.
16 The Tibetan resistance also misrepresents China, and are backed by the CIA.
17 The Chinese have Geopolitical interests in Tibet.
18 The Americans have Geopolitical interests in Tibet.
19 The Tibetans have a right to self determination and freedom.
20 The Tibetans have a big Karmic debt for their past actions.
Personally I detect little reason for supporting either side, but support the freedom of every individual to act in an egalitarian society.
