[lbo-talk] popular poetry

Jonathan Lassen jjlassen at chinastudygroup.org
Fri Jan 9 18:16:44 PST 2004


overheard in rural China http://www.maoflag.net/readartile.asp?id=326

Peasants have it hard

Everything they buy is dear, everything they sell is cheap, Everything they want is real, everything they're given is a promise.

The peasants are afraid

Fines and levies are all-powerful, they can accomplish anything, 1,000 hands, 10,000 hands reach out to the peasants, The deeper the departmental reforms, the more profound the peasants' fear.

Peasants' sweat and blood

Meet this target, meet that target, all ask the peasant for her wallet, Build this thing, build that thing, all need the sweat and blood of the peasant.

Eating poverty

The poverty alleviation team comes to the village, the official's rank is low but his stomach is in luck! Walk to a village, eat at a village, he doesn't care if its rich or poor!

Eating peasants

Four golden-money leopards (taxes), Thirteen big helmets (police), Feast upon a straw hat (peasant).



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