"他们" - They (Chinese Anti-Government Song)

[@zhonghuaxiansheng]

A few notes on translation: "天黑动动手"/"Move your hands at night" may be an euphemism for - Denging your Xiaoping, if you catch my drift. The song refers to Mao Zedong by his courtesy name, Runzhi. To avoid confusion, I just translated it as "Doctor Mao" This is a pre-Covid song, so the lyric about "white-clothed hospital angels" has nothing to do with Covid, however it felt appropriate to use the background image I used. "The Promise" and "Crazy Stone" are two Chinese movies. If not immediately obvious, the "They" in question is the CCP.

[@VictorianChinese1860]

Appreciate you adding these notes. It is not common to see these songs translated into English fully contextualized.

[@sanneoi6323]

Bruh did you get hacked by hanjian or smth

[@zhonghuaxiansheng]

@@sanneoi6323 every time i do an antigovernment song i get called a hanjian like 30 times, glorious

[@sredacted1647]

The CCP is state capitalist at this point, it has become what it swore to destroy.

[@QianYueAcis]

@Dastardly1 don;t the US government kill you for being a communist? of course, i am not wishing for you to die but doesn;t the CIA think of you as a spy

[@SomeDudeArmyMen]

Cynical Chinese doomer music is a severely overlooked genre. The songs by 华北浪革 give off a similar vibe to this one

[@zhonghuaxiansheng]

that is really the best way to describe this genre honestly

[@DongSignal]

这都有听刘森的

[@没实力的世豪]

我对美好生活向往 而他们却指责我不努力❤

[@Gukokosu]

I don’t know why, but I just really love this song, I’ve been playing it on repeat for a while. Good work!

[@Danjori]

They/them

[@usshelenacl-50]

Could you please make 《修正路》? It ist originally the hymn of a Chinese medicine corporation called 修正药业, but “修正” can also mean "revisionism", so it becomes a meme on Chinese Internet.

[@yeghalalan9970]

Communist,Go back TO THE CCCP with your mess theorys

[@bearlv430]

Deng's "先富带动后富" really overlooked the nature of capitalism and revisionism Also, "Has Man A Future 这个世界会好吗" When?

[@keemstarkreamstar7069]

There was no other future than this because capitalism is simply a more efficient mode of production, especially when contrasted with mLMAOism. There’s a reason why literally every nation who tried central planning has had to loosen up a bit for their economy to grow, especially in the case of ML nations. Either China would remain behind under the Iron Rice Bowl or it would flourish, and flourish it has. Those with more natural skills make more, with some lag and error and the occasional graft here and there.

[@masterdeetectiv9520]

@@keemstarkreamstar7069the soviet union worsened after losing its planned economy

[@keemstarkreamstar7069]

@@masterdeetectiv9520 Actually it worsened because it collapsed in its entirety, not because it got rid of the planned economy. No matter what economic system you’re switching from to another, regime collapse and loss of several territories, including the industrial Donbas, is going to be quite painful.

[@masterdeetectiv9520]

@@keemstarkreamstar7069 the ussr didn’t collapse after the regime change from the russian empire. Planned economies are more efficient than market economies

[@keemstarkreamstar7069]

@@masterdeetectiv9520 No, but the Russian Empire did collapse in the regime change to the USSR. The USSR also collapsed in the regime change to Russia. The fact you boiled this down into a weird tautology says you have some major problems in the reading comprehension department. Planned economies are not more efficient than market economies. Thats part of the reason they don’t meaningfully exist really anywhere but North Korea.

[@iron_axe_chinese]

好歌！好歌！自由萬歲！

[@QianYueAcis]

自由？？ 给人民自由，让美国平均吸毒率到7%？让美国枪击案世界第一？让人们对恐怖袭击见怪不怪？你真的很可笑。

[@StalinWasntThatBadTbh]

cringe pfp

[@iron_axe_chinese]

@@StalinWasntThatBadTbh 😏🇳🇬

[@yitaopeng]

目田滚远点😅

[@lizhibb]

你来这干什么😂😂​@@yitaopeng

[@karmaprotogen]

One day, China will have liberty from increasing tyranny, 孫中山神父密切關注我們.

[@1917MSC]

Where is the action?

[@QianYueAcis]

china is not tyranny. let's use the military as an example. the PLA use their lives to save the people. you think a tyrannical state will do this? nice joke monkey. it is the US that needs to be liberated. the soldiers don't even bother to try to search for victims in a natural disaster and just bomb the tower how about other branches of government? this refers to the tower in miami florida. one day, the people's liberation army will strom new york and get rid of the government that does nothing and let the people have street gunfights, drink beer, have lousy law system, corruption, and drugs.

[@風拂自由_千梁]

Not the founding father？

[@ComradeDizzylord]

While I don't particularly like anti-Chinese government songs, it's good to have at least some variety.

[@anthonypoon5898]

this not anti chinese,is anti communist

[@ComradeDizzylord]

@@anthonypoon5898 I know, that's why I said anti-chinese government

[@ldioticnuzhen99]

​@@ComradeDizzylordstupid communist

[@masterdeetectiv9520]

@@anthonypoon5898the complaints of this song is about capitalism

[@jonathangrafton4016]

​@@anthonypoon5898It's anti-capitalist. The support for communism is implied by the anarchist PRC shape.

[@fukauzumaki3282]

This song is more maoist than the CCP which is kinda ironic and funny as hell

[@masterdeetectiv9520]

CPC is not maoist in any way, Mao spent the last years of his life criticising the CPC’s right deviation (who are in charge now)

[@jonathangrafton4016]

​@@masterdeetectiv9520 He's partially responsible for the rightward shift, by betraying the red guard after they became too communist for Mao's taste.

[@josephyeung8246]

民主万岁！

[@StalinWasntThatBadTbh]

Long live Socialism!

[@sergeys.ivanovsky361]

Hey,China has to convert back to pre-1978 to overcome the ongoing conflicts

[@熊唯嘉]

*pre-1968, before the Rebels were massacred by the PLA.

[@apoiujdba0-9u]

2:32 *dr Sun yat sen, comrade Mao

[@zhonghuaxiansheng]

No, it says “孙逸仙同志” and “毛润之博士”, 同志 meaning “Comrade” and 博士 meaning “Doctor”. 润之 was Mao’s courtesy name.

[@4ndr1f72]

its meant to play into the sarcastic message

[@皇帝习近平二四]

hey does anyone have the pinyins for this song? i ain't a native chinese speaker and am still learning and this song slaps

[@Yourstruliey]

Why is this so sad?

[@anthonypoon5898]

because this is real till now

[@NormanThe_FreedomHope22-5]

this is scary

[@梁天琦Offical]

Ah ban is Chen Shui-bian He is corruption in 2006

[@filipinoguy2k6]

I will play this in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen and other cities in China

[@nuukii1]

good idea

[@beanmanbutchina]

smartest Filippino (he's gunna ignored)

[@王苏联]

那位勇者敢搬到B站😂

[@lushan1959]

could you bring a song of Chairman Hua?

[@666Zhonghua]

李志不算anti-communism吧，更多是讽刺社会现状

[@jonathangrafton4016]

It's anti-CPC, from the left flank.

[@MistaGuido-p2w]

新中国的鲁迅

[@ramzikeruas867]

SONG FROM PRO KUOMINTANG PARTY IN 🇹🇼 TAIWAN REPUBLIC OF CHINA

[@UeharaKeitaro上原恵太郎]

This is a very communist song, he is pro Mao (Communist), and anti Deng (Socialist). He came from the rural area, most rural folks are very pro Communist.

[@阿道夫希特勒-v5y]

邓不能说是社会主义吧@@UeharaKeitaro上原恵太郎

[@Ifoundnohappinesshere]

Edgy during the second verse, truly a Hanjian moment

[@习近平-e3s]

中國建政圈現狀😅

[@pencil-o2z]

有人可以告诉我在4:00时，人们为什么去举着一张白纸😢

[@MR.LONELY276]

您可以搜一下白纸运动

[@晨昊朱]

自由派搞的好事

[@e-ep1dr]

请问作曲时间是？这首歌没有别的反华的文娱传播媒介那样的，何不食肉糜般的说教，仅仅是戏谑嘲弄，内容偏无政府主义，反而还是挺打动我的。

[@風拂自由_千梁]

有白衣天使应该是疫情时候的

[@風拂自由_千梁]

有白衣天使应该是疫情时候的

[@与官员为友]

怎么可能 你去搜一下原作者李志 之前玩民谣的 2019年就被封杀了

[@与官员为友]

09年的歌曲

[@TKJIDI]

新世纪初，共产党公费吃喝最猖狂的时候，李志于是写下这首歌

[@WeicaiHe]

有钱有权、他还会这么唱吗？

[@ABCD_7423]

这已经深入中国社会了，就算你干点什么对他们不利的事情他们就会用关系还有钱压下去的😭😭😭

[@TKJIDI]

怎么不会？不然李志也不会消失，你但凡了解叁叁肆的内核就不会问这种幼稚的问题

[@WoodridgeZhang]

就好像你说自己不是傻逼 你就不是了吗😂

[@666Zhonghua]

他考唱歌已经很有钱了，就是因为唱这种歌被封杀损失了巨大的钱

[@爱新觉罗玄烨-x7w]

他本来就很有钱

[@刘家禾-g2t]

😭😭😭😭

[@_Tennessee]

Much of what's said here can be said for the west, as well... -.-"

[@1917MSC]

People like Li Zhi do not want equality, but privileges like those people he wrote in his songs. Given the power, Li Zhi would be more autocratic and corrupted than his predecessors. Besides, Li Zhi is far from an iconoclast who criticizes injustice and inequality globally. His vision is pretty limited to China only, more specially, CCP only, which is a shame.

[@anthonypoon5898]

你是説你自己吧

[@1917MSC]

@@anthonypoon5898 恁就是李志？

[@StalinWasntThatBadTbh]

​@@1917MSCWho is Li Zhi

[@1917MSC]

@@StalinWasntThatBadTbh The singer of this song.

[@StalinWasntThatBadTbh]

@@1917MSC Well, he's nothing but a liberal to me. What did you expect

[@nolove2077]

你也是覺醒者嗎? 你是白帽子?

[@turkishwumao]

hanjian song

[@aircxuan]

脑缠😂

[@globe0147]

Commie

[@turkishwumao]

@@globe0147 yes

[@globe0147]

@@turkishwumao I believe in the One China policy 🇹🇼🇹🇼

[@天上院-w2s]

不是，哥们儿翻墙犯法!

[@tiendinh2554]

Guaranteed Western support for anti-CCP groups.

[@StalinWasntThatBadTbh]

cringe

[@TheBigWall3284]

Of course. The West always wanted to destroy China, so...

[@原神天水围深圳公主]

什么歌曲

[@xpndjy]

去年11月末全国暴动要放开时的曲子

[@冷冷的竖琴]

李志-《他们》

[@QianYueAcis]

汉奸歌曲

[@TKJIDI]

@@QianYueAcis 贱人屁都不懂就扣帽子啊，一点都不懂他妈的

[@beanmanbutchina]

hanjian song