GoodEnoughForMe
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Seems to me like this idea of selfishness increasing is sort of a subtle dig at the growing economy and perceived distancing from rule of autocrats and oligarchs and people like Mao.
Confucianism is arguably a meritocratic system, and Chinese Buddhism is certainly not devoid of a sense of good deeds. If anything, the lack of belief (some Chinese described life during Mao as one in which people were unable to believe anything - not just religion) and compassion in effect then hurt this, not the recent opening of markets.
Confucianism is arguably a meritocratic system, and Chinese Buddhism is certainly not devoid of a sense of good deeds. If anything, the lack of belief (some Chinese described life during Mao as one in which people were unable to believe anything - not just religion) and compassion in effect then hurt this, not the recent opening of markets.