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What is the greatest harm of feudal autocracy?

The biggest harm of feudalism is backwardness, which is mainly manifested in oppression, exploitation, autocracy and fooling people. This is also the fundamental reason why it was eliminated by history.

Economically, the landlord class pursues a policy of oppression and exploitation of farmers. The landlord class obtains the land information that farmers depend on through land merger and other means. Then the land is leased to farmers, who become their own tenants and farm for them from generation to generation. In this way, farmers are bound to the land and lose their freedom of life. In this way, farmers let the landlord class oppress and exploit them and extract their surplus labor value.

Politically, the landlord class is autocratic, and farmers have no right to participate in and discuss state affairs. Since Qin Shihuang unified the six countries and established the emperor system, the representative emperor of the landlord class is supreme, known as? Fate? , in charge of the state power and life and death on him. As the peasants of the ruling class, their political situation is even worse and their political shackles are increasing. Over time, in order to satisfy their own selfish desires, the ruling class keeps increasing taxes on farmers, making people live in dire straits. So, whenever the people are overburdened, it will break out? Peasant uprising? , to? Change the dynasty? , ease social contradictions.

It is true that this is a way for farmers to resist high-pressure rule, but it is limited to the so-called? Replace? , not true? Revolution? . So, what is real? Revolution? ? There is no doubt that there is a revolution in thought. But will the ruling class? Emancipate the mind? Really? There is no doubt that this is impossible.

Culturally, the ruling class pursues the policy of ignorance and advocates Confucianism? Tadashi? Thought, come? Three cardinal guides and five permanent members? Restrain farmers' behavior and constantly suppress farmers' ethics? Rebellious consciousness? . An attempt to rule the people ideologically. From a feudal society that lasted for more than two thousand years, the effect was unexpected! So? Eight-part essay? And then what? Wen prison? Staged one after another, intensified.

In a word, feudal autocracy is backward, decadent and even more ignorant.

The biggest harm is the destruction of human nature, and people's happiness is low.

Throughout the development of human society, the evolution trend of political system is from barbarism to civilization, from autocracy to civilization.

The standard to measure the advantages and disadvantages of various systems basically depends on whether people are respected, whether they are in line with human nature and whether they are conducive to improving people's happiness.

The establishment of feudal autocracy is to consolidate feudal rule. Essentially, it is a denial of human nature. Therefore, in the history of China, the feudal autocracy was strengthened, that is, the people's speech, economy and culture were strengthened. Because people's vitality is suppressed and creativity is not released, the overall cohesion of the nation and the quality of the people will decline. On the surface, once a country is United, stable and peaceful, once it encounters a major crisis, it is often unable to respond effectively.

The Qing Empire can best illustrate this point. The Qing Dynasty was the heyday of feudal autocracy in the history of China. And created the so-called. Anti-sense Shi Sheng? . 19th century, in the face of western powers, is naive and weak! The people are indifferent to their own affairs and indifferent to their own affairs. I even hope that the court will lose the case! The reason is that the people have lost their sense of responsibility and become extremely selfish and numb under the long-term autocratic suppression. This is a new culture movement initiated by Lu Xun and others, which is strongly advocated? Democracy? 、? Science? The root cause of advocating ideological emancipation.