How to understand Lu Xun's "Never been like this" in Diary of a Madman? 」?

Lu Xun said in Diary of a Madman: "Never, right?" ? "Expressed his reflection and criticism on the traditional culture of China. This sentence means that if one thing is always like this, is it right?

This sentence reflects Lu Xun's dissatisfaction with some drawbacks in China's traditional culture, which he believes will lead people to lose the ability of independent thinking and become slaves.