https://www.theguardian.com/news/2016/apr/06/panama-papers-reveal-offshore-secrets-china-red-nobility-big-business

People debate human nature. Some say we're naturally good and society makes us evil. Some say we're naturally evil and society makes us good. What do you think?

My adolescent self believes, like Nietzsche, that the will to power is what motivates all humans & their ideologies.

Ultimately, though, I'd say we're mostly sheep. We will be the product of whatever society we're in. There are extremes on both ends--- Nazi Germany, and Jainist India. Did each society contain the same number of psychopaths and altruistic people? Were the psychopaths checked in a Jainist society, but were rewarded in a Nazi society? Or were psychopaths completely non-existent in the Jainist society?

We've had slavery before but now it's reprehensible. I believe that one day we may look back at our omnivore diet and wonder how we could be so evil to mistreat animals to such a degree.

So, this brings up the question of how much "re-education" needs to be done to create a successful communist society? How would it assuage the nature of those with ambition who would destroy the social fabric?

It's no secret that people try to instill values into children. Both conservatives and liberals do it. Instilling civic virtue in kids is key to making society function peacefully. But what additional instillation would be needed for a communist society?

At the extreme end of "re-education" you have Pol Pot and his "year zero" mentality. Not a good look.

Another example of "re-education" is Chinese assimilation of the Uyghurs. Some consider this a cultural genocide. I believe that China had a problem with Muslim terrorists and decided it was necessary to assimilate these people into mainstream society. While it may seem dystopic, it's at least more moral than bombing the hell out of them-- which is what the US does.

Here’s the Associated Press discussing Uyghur Wahhabi terrorists in Syria in 2017: https://apnews.com/article/79d6a427b26f4eeab226571956dd256e

Here’s The Telegraph doing it in 2024: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/12/13/uyghur-fighters-in-syria-vow-to-come-for-china-next/

And here’s retired US Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson going into detail about US strategic planning in the region: https://youtu.be/4N385vKhXYQ

Here’s retired USMC Colonel Richard Black discussing what kind of people the U.S. allies in Syria are: https://youtu.be/H9kj5BkMUCA

Is there anyone still confused? We did an atrocity propaganda. We stood up an army of terrorists and we blamed the atrocities on their victims. We’ve done it around the world for decades.