[lumberjack]

Sounds like in part, it is trying to replace the lost moral compass of Chinese society. But centralising moral authority was always a bad idea.

[_jal]

Confusing legal enforcement with morality is the root of a lot of the ethical rot we see in many places.

[robotkdick]

I recently re-read 1984 by Orwell and it's frightening how much of the fiction is becoming reality in places like China.

Absolute power lying with one leader interminably has never worked well with results in ranging from subversion of new or different ideas, civil war, assassinations, mass killings, world war...