I reckon there are folks that view those negative aspects we contemplate and shudder at as positives. Dissidents unable to ride the train? Good! More room for my friends. Some people are inherently joiners and herd-followers. Particularly China has a long history of being a society(s) of folks where the basic unit of society is society, and individual rights, aspirations, and outcomes are secondary to a stable, prosperous community--if they count at all.
There are people that are happy to live in prison, indeed, some commit crimes just so they can return to where their lives made sense. I once heard a serial violent criminal remark about prison 'God help me, I do love it so.'
Not everyone is best served, even theoretically, by being free. For some people, slavery is preferable. For them, freedom is the enemy of human felicity.
I reckon there are folks that view those negative aspects we contemplate and shudder at as positives. Dissidents unable to ride the train? Good! More room for my friends. Some people are inherently joiners and herd-followers. Particularly China has a long history of being a society(s) of folks where the basic unit of society is society, and individual rights, aspirations, and outcomes are secondary to a stable, prosperous community--if they count at all.
There are people that are happy to live in prison, indeed, some commit crimes just so they can return to where their lives made sense. I once heard a serial violent criminal remark about prison 'God help me, I do love it so.'
Not everyone is best served, even theoretically, by being free. For some people, slavery is preferable. For them, freedom is the enemy of human felicity.