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Astroturf Activism

To support the cause, to do the important work of schooling the peasants for karma and clout. That's just an ego-trip.

But to do the research, to become an expert in the field of violating the rights of others, of claiming them as your own. That's greed.

To see the abuse and not think twice, to hear the outcry and double down. That's privilege.

The community agrees, you'd better affirm, to disagree in good faith makes you a bigot. That's entitlement.

Notes

In which the fisherman schools Confucius on why the sage's political career had failed so badly.

Vocabulary

hǎo hào
女 38 + 3
good, excellent, fine; well
jīng jìng
糸 120 + 7
classic works; pass through
dà dài
大 37 + 0
big, great, vast, large, high
shì zì
亅 6 + 7
affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
biàn
言 149 + 16
change, transform, alter; rebel
gèng gēng
曰 73 + 3
more, still further, much more; to change, alter
日 72 + 4
change; easy
cháng
巾 50 + 8
common, normal, frequent, regular
yǐ sì
人 9 + 3
by means of; thereby, therefore; consider as; in order to
guà
手 64 + 6
hang, suspend; suspense
gōng
力 19 + 3
achievement, merit, good result
míng mìng
口 30 + 3
name, rank, title, position
wèi
言 149 + 9
say, tell; call, name; be called
zhī zhū
丿 4 + 3
marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
dāo tāo
口 30 + 2
talkative; quarrelous
zhuān tuán
寸 41 + 8
monopolize, take sole possession
zhī zhì
矢 111 + 3
know, perceive, comprehend
shàn
手 64 + 13
monopolize; claim; arbitrarily; to dare
qīn qǐn
人 9 + 7
invade, encroach upon, raid
rén
人 9 + 0
man; people; mankind; someone else
自 132 + 0
self, private, personal; from; Kangxi radical 132
yòng
用 101 + 0
use, employ, apply, operate; use
tān
貝 154 + 4
greedy, covet; covetous
jiàn xiàn
見 147 + 0
see, observe, behold; perceive; Kangxi radical 147
guò guō
辵 162 + 9
pass, pass through, go across
bù fǒu
一 1 + 3
no, not; un-; negative prefix
wén wèn
耳 128 + 8
hear; smell; make known; news
jiàn làn
言 149 + 9
remonstrate, admonish
心 61 + 9
more and more, even more
shèn
甘 99 + 4
great extent; considerably
hěn
彳 60 + 6
very, quite, much
tóng tòng
口 30 + 3
same, similar; together with
yú wū
方 70 + 4
in, at, on; interjection alas!
jǐ qǐ
己 49 + 0
self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem
刀 18 + 7
rule, law, regulation; grades
kě gē
口 30 + 2
may, can, -able; possibly
suī
隹 172 + 9
although, even if
shàn
口 30 + 9
good, virtuous, charitable, kind
jīn qín
矛 110 + 4
pity, feel sorry for, show sympathy