The Chinese Nationalist Party's (KMT) vicious usurpation of national assets has long since been exposed in a book titled Party-State Capitalism (
As the presidential election draws near, calls for the Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) government to try to recover these assets can be heard once again. But the occupier/robber has not yet changed its essential nature, and continues to argue irrationally.
The "KMT phenomenon" after World War II included not only usurpation and theft but also attempts at cultural hegemony and an even more outrageous autocratic rule. Politics was simply a means for the party; economic interests were the ultimate goal.
Perhaps we can compare the country to a company listed on a stock market -- or a cooperative (
This phenomenon can also be seen in many listed companies or cooperatives in Taiwan. Some shareholders or cooperative members who hold management power have learned many vicious tricks from the KMT's rule. Their methods of usurpation and robbery are basically the same.
Some of these usurpers and robbers even cause their companies or cooperatives to collapse intentionally because they can make a profit when the company fails.
Minor shareholders or cooperative members are often the victims in such cases. Unfortunately, the people in charge under the KMT government were unable to protect the rights and interests of the weak, who could do nothing but complain about their hardship and suffering.
Doesn't such an economic phenomenon often occur in Taiwanese society?
The people are often victims of national conditions in Taiwan.
The KMT lost power in 2000, but it has shouted a slogan -- "a second power transition" -- to help it come back to power. Some elements in society intend to give the KMT a second chance. But some of them are involved in an "accomplice structure" or a "booty-sharing system."
And some of them can best be described by the Chinese saying, "One never gives up until reaching the Yellow River (
The KMT has a strong political ideology, but what it really wants is to usurp and rob, and that desire is strictly economic.
Perhaps the party should be called the KMT Holding Corporation (
Lee Ming-yung is a poet.
TRANSLATED BY EDDY CHANG
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