A lived experience of "Animal Farm" (demonstrating the losses of totalitarianism) and other reading

Wow. 

I've just read an outstanding article written by a former CCP member which perfectly illustrates both a real life version of George Orwell's "Animal Farm" and what I've written about several times: that the CCP's authoritarianism and totalitarianism are robbing China of the skills and abilities of her people. The article illustrates the author's growing recognition of inconsistencies, hypocrisy and superficial "thinking" in the CCP membership, as well as the flaws in Marx, the unacknowledged influence of the terrible despot Stalin, and the lie that claims Xi is a reformer.

That article begins this list of interesting reading: 

• "The Party That Failed - An Insider Breaks With Beijing"; 
• "“They’re Chasing Us Away from Sport” - Human Rights Violations in Sex Testing of Elite Women Athletes "; 
• I'm still thinking about the nuances of this proposal: "The Case for 'Universal Property' - An idea pioneered by Alaska could inoculate society against extreme inequality".