Idealised by the Party as the source of all wisdom, ‘the masses’ are the unquestioning recipients of Party decisions and are expected to be grateful to it for their wellbeing, if not their very survival. They are politically, economically and legally beholden to the Party, whose cadres live in a privileged realm. Netizens ironically depict ‘the masses’ (of whom they are part) as faceless, if not clueless.
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