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Text 331 The Beginning of the Great Change

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    Just because China is as quiet as a flat lake does not mean that the rest of the world is as peaceful and calm.

    In the summer of this year, two major events occurred that began to topple the dominoes of the entire Eastern European socialist camp, namely the Polish election and the "European Picnic Plan."

    Poland was the first country to undergo drastic changes. In the early 1980s, electrician Walesa established the "Solidarity", which was also the first independent trade union organization outside the system in Eastern European countries. Its establishment itself had a strong sense of  political purpose.  Throughout the 1980s, Poland followed the Soviet Union in turning to the right, seeking so-called socialist innovation. It did not take any effective measures against Walesa and other opposition forces, and blindly tolerated them.  Taking advantage of this favorable opportunity, Walesa organized the Solidarity trade union to launch many nationwide and influential strikes, and demonstrated his political influence to the ruling United Workers Party through similar strikes.

    The weak ruling party has not done any reflection on this situation, or in other words, reflection is a failure.  They also mistakenly believe that the Solidarity trade union, which can organize large-scale strikes, has a relatively large public opinion base, and to complete new reforms must gain widespread public approval, so the United Workers' Party not only does not continue to ban Solidarity trade unions, but also  Instead of restricting him, he communicated and had frequent conversations with him.

    First, during the Rakovsky period, it was necessary to attract constructive opposition to power and allocate three ministerial quotas to Solidarity. Walesa still had no intention of doing this.  Immediately afterwards, the ruling party retreated again and wanted to hold a "constructive and equal" roundtable meeting with Solidarity to discuss how to carry out reforms.

    It can be said that the status of Solidarity is naturally the result of its own efforts, but it is more the result of the unclear Polish authorities who retreated blindly and took the initiative to support it.  Many Poles looked at it and thought, "Solidarity is so powerful, so let's support it too." As a result, Solidarity's influence has grown.

    Taking advantage of the roundtable meeting, Solidarity fulfilled almost all of its political demands. First, it legalized the political status of Solidarity, and then reached a representative system that transformed the unicameral system into a bicameral system. The ruling authorities have 6% of the seats in the House of Representatives.  , the Senate is all free and popular.

    In the eyes of Qi Yiming and other Chinese comrades, what the Polish United Workers Party has done is simply unbelievable. Qi Yiming also feels that, first of all, the Polish ruling party has lost confidence in itself.  They lack faith and persistence in the red cause, and are confused and helpless about the future. They also lack confidence in the system and their ability to turn the tide and make the country a better place.  So they habitually compromised, made concessions, continued to compromise, and continued to make concessions. In the end, their weakness and incompetence cultivated the Solidarity trade union, and the public opinion under the peaceful evolution also swung to Walesa's side.

    In the national election in June, Solidarity captured 3% of the seats in the House of Representatives and 99% of the seats in the Senate. By September of that year, the first democratically elected prime minister from a non-red faction was born, led by jurist Tadeusz Mazowiel.  Tsky served.

    In the early 1980s, the United Workers' Party headed by Jaruzelski foolishly used the "wartime state" to control the rising voices of opposition in the country and pushed the people towards the opposition. At that time, the Soviet Union had not yet adopted a map.  He was in power and hated "counterrevolutionaries", which put a lot of pressure on Jaruzelski.  At that time, Jaruzelski was shouting for understanding at home, but at the same time he was afraid that he might be sent to Moscow blindfolded at any time, and that the Soviet steel torrent would roll into Warsaw like the Prague Spring.

    "In Gorbachev's era, not only did the Soviet Union commit suicide, but it also led other socialist countries to commit suicide. Therefore, Gorbachev agreed and acquiesced in the "Great Reconciliation" in the Soviet Union.  This also directly led to the continuous regression of Jaruzelski and the United Workers Party, which were used to being weaklings, and directly led to the existence of "party leadership" in name only.

    Qi Yiming and the Strategic Bureau had already predicted everything that happened in Poland, but because Poland was not in Qi Yiming's larger territory, they could only ignore it.  Poland is of symbolic significance to the West. The West will never give up until it defeats them, and they will not tolerate being replaced by Chinese power after the Soviet Union's influence fades.  Furthermore, most Eastern European countries do not have very good relations with China due to the feud between China and the Soviet Union, so their exchanges with each other are limited. Even if Qi Yiming wants to do something, it will be very difficult.

    For some countries in Asia, Qi Yiming can do whatever he wants, because China does have influence in the region, but for Eastern European countries, first of all, they are too far away, and secondly, even if they are economically disadvantaged, in fact, they are still better than the Chinese in absolute terms.  much better.

    As someone who can see the future development, Qi Yiming also knows very well what kind of people like Walesa are in many Eastern European countries like Poland.  This person won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983, and has received many more awards and honors.  He met with figures such as the President of the United States and the Pope, and boasted that he had gained their support.  But in a real sense, this night school videoThe characters born in ?? are actually those restless black sheep in ordinary state-owned factories. They have no real ability to govern the country. They are good at stirring things up and organizing mass activities, but in reality, they are useless.

    In another dimension, Walesa pulled together a group of people to usurp Jaruzelski's presidential position in 1993. However, in the re-election in 1995, he lost to the candidate of the former red party.  In the millennium, this person was unwilling to stand alone and ran for election again, but only received 0 votes.  There were two songs in Poland that satirized Walesa, one was "Never Trust an Electrician" and the other was "Lech Walesa, Where Did My 100 Million Yuan Go?"

    The world-renowned female journalist Oriana Farage once interviewed Walesa and thought that he was "arrogant, ignorant and aggressive, and could not respect her." However, due to political stance, she still shaped him into a  The image of a standard-bearer for democracy and freedom against tyranny and autocracy.

    In addition to his incompetence in economic recovery and construction, Walesa is also criticized for mixing secularity and religion, which makes many Poles dissatisfied.  Some people even think that Walesa is a puppet and lackey of the church. During his tenure, the entire country carried out a lot of religious influence against the trend of the times.

    Also in the summer, another major event that also happened with the Soviet Union's acquiescence was the "European Picnic Plan."  Hungary, a country in the socialist camp, began to dismantle the barbed wire fence on its border with Austria and allowed thousands of East German refugees to cross the border into Austria or then into West Germany.  Once this opening was opened, it directly impacted the current systems of the two countries. More and more residents of the red countries planned to flee to the west to enjoy the "democracy and freedom" they dreamed of. Of course, more people wanted to live a better life.  life.

    Earlier, East Germany also relaxed restrictions on entry and exit. In the following year, there were three relatively large-scale immigration waves, and about 100,000 East Germans fled to West Germany.  At this time, no matter what methods the East German authorities tried to remedy, they could not put out the fire.  First of all, the ruling authorities have a wavering policy direction, relaxing it sometimes and strengthening it sometimes. And when more and more people are incited to take to the streets to protest against the existing system and hope to be more open and democratic, regardless of this consensus  Whether it was incited or people had already thought about it, it created a huge public pressure.

    It is very difficult for a country like China to gather the consensus of one billion people. The large rural population and low level of development itself are the soil for the dictatorship of the proletariat. It is more difficult for intellectuals and the middle and upper classes to agitate through foreign forces.  Impress those who are more concerned about real life and so-called ideological issues, and have a sense of trust and attachment to CP.

    Qi Yiming also took a lot of preventive measures against problems in his own country.  For example, various laws and regulations are becoming more and more detailed and the development of legalization is promoted. Red lines are drawn early on about what can be done and what cannot be done.  The formulation of some new principles has indeed fueled the arrogance of some right-wing elements. For example, the national constitution has stated that private property is also sacrosanct and that people's basic rights are guaranteed.  Naturally, like all revolutionaries, they also wanted to make further progress, but they were not as successful as the Eastern European countries.

    First, the country began to promote a new socialist view of justice and interests, which blended many concepts and newly developed things from earlier years, as well as some traditional cultural viewpoints.  Basically, "a gentleman loves money and gets it in the right way." In addition, it also emphasizes the opposition and unity of the individual and society.  It is good for a businessman to make a fortune, but only if the way to make a fortune is legal.  At the same time, operators should consider what the purpose of making a fortune is.  A person should not simply aim to make money and get rich. A theoretical work written by Qi Yiming believes that making a fortune as a private operator is a manifestation of creating social wealth and promoting social progress while achieving better living conditions for individuals.  An upright and respected operator deserves admiration for making money through legal operations, but the ultimate goal of getting rich is the advancement and development of society.

    When there is a conflict between personal interests and social interests, it is necessary to have an altruistic spirit. For the welfare of more people and the interests of future generations, there should be a concept of "valuing justice over profit".  And when it can benefit society and oneself at the same time, it is worthy of recognition to accumulate personal wealth.

    Therefore, the capitalist set of profits, which is the source of everything, has been communized and localized. Qi's philosophy also mentioned that the development of human civilization needs to eliminate simple selfishness and rely more on people's consciousness.  As a result, socialism truly breaks away from the bloody and barbaric ruts of capitalism and rises to a truly progressive social system with promising development prospects.

    Qi Yiming feels that the social system under a set of ideology is not only a matter of political management, but also the people's thinking, productivity level, external environment and other conditions all play a certain role.  Improving the country's socialist cause cannot be accomplished by setting up a framework like the Soviet Union. There are still many areas that need to be improved.
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