This past weekend China celebrated the end of the lunar new year. Its a time of bittersweet feelings as the joy of receiving illegally gotten funds- bribes, is matched with the angst of being forced to lie next to their wives and not some road worn KTV hag. But alas, all good things must come to an end and so it has.
Before it ended, however, your faithful author and teller of truths, had the extreme displeasure of chowing with chicoms, local thugtard leaders. For those of you who hail from all parts civil, the reality of the ruling body in China may be hard to comprehend, so allow me to explain.
China is a communist country with roots in 1949. The party coup transpired after the reds hid in the western part of China and allowed the KMT to tire themselves by fighting local warlords and the Japanese and then took control of this place. The leaders, for the most part, were thuggish men with the soul of a rattler and simion-esque countenance. The new emperors were duds and sons of local land holders and female dogs. The thugs rolled into Beijing and took control.
Power in the party is absolute and the communist party has been equated to having a god-like presence, it is everywhere. The common Chinese do not elect their leaders and have no say whatsoever in their governance- but that has been true for the past 3000 years. Positions in the party can be bought and sold, ensuring further corruption within its system.
Back to dinner…
So I am at a local watering hole, aka restaurant where I was surrounded by yes men aka older party members. Their midnight black hair was a testament to vanity and massive doses of some off-brand Chinese hair dye and each came equipped with a man purse, Iphone and ignorance.
The leader of the group, a rotund man with a porcine-head smelled like ‘ Pervert Flavored Kool Aid’ which was a nice offset to the general scent of arrogance sprinkled with foolishness that abounded.
For dinner, we were treated to some dish that was typically consumed on such occasions and supposedly endowed its consumers fortune and luck- …yeah, how is that working for you China?
The food was a gelatinous scrum of mucous colored hunks of rice husk and red beans that tasted vaguely of cancer. Being a sensitive man of the world, I complimented them on their choice then rushed off to regurgitate the noxious ‘sustenance’ from my system.
Upon returning to the table, I wiped the snaggly bits of foodstuff from my plump mouth and apologized for my absence. After a few hours of toasts and abject boredom, I excused myself, went home and took a long hot shower.
The funny thing about the leaders here is how far removed from reality they are. Absolute power corrupts absolutely and absolute ignorance ensures its survival.