作者：中国民主党英国总部党员 程敏
时间：2026.2.12
中国有一句老话——野蛮其体魄，文明其精神，原本指的是希望现代中国公民能够具有健康强壮的身体，同时又有文明人的思维方式和逻辑。但是在我党几十年如一日兢兢业业的洗脑下，前者有没有达成见仁见智，毕竟食品安全问题在我国从来都是个大问题，至于后者，我只能说是南辕北辙，别说文明的探讨，粉红群体在辩论政治话题时能在五句话内不骂对方是汉奸死全家，在我看来就算是素质比较高的了。
不过我党对此其实也是又爱又恨。毕竟我党真正需要的从来就不是有独立思考能力的现代公民（废话，你们都独立思考了，我还怎么忽悠），而是爱主如命，忠诚服从，哪怕被主人一脚踹飞也能自主导航回家摇尾乞怜，却转过头对邻人狺狺狂吠的神犬，为什么说是神犬呢？因为自古以来，养狗看家护院都是需要喂养的，但我党并不喂养，反而是神犬们每天奔波工作，叼来食物侍奉锦衣玉食的主人，可谓是中国传统特色。
近日来，中国的视频创作平台“哔哩哔哩”上有一位叫“斯奎奇大王”（也称牢A）的博主火爆全网，此人自称在美医学专业留学生，他的视频主要内容就是通过第一人称视角，以“斩杀线”这一理论基础，向受众“揭秘”美国社会各个阶层耸人听闻的恐怖现实。短短时日，牢A在简中互联网如彗星般崛起，收获了数百万粉丝，影响力巨大，甚至连官媒的央视记者，也操着一口蹩脚的英文在正式采访场合向美国高级官员询问关于“斩杀线”的问题，但可能是因为美国人英语太差，双方基本各说各的，驴唇不对马嘴，最后美国官员无奈说道“我不知道你在说啥，我估计你也不知道”。而经过官媒的“润色”，此事竟成为“牢A理论”又一坚实的证据，引起其信众的又一轮狂欢，甚至连我几位并不关心政治的朋友，都微信询问我国外是不是真的人间地狱，每个人都活在斩杀线的阴影下，真是让人哭笑不得。
其实牢A的斩杀线理论无疑是经不起推敲的，因为这根本都算不上理论，他的视频内容更像是故事会大合集，寻找一些历史上耸人听闻的真实案件或者干脆就是谣言阴谋论，改个时间地点姓名一股脑安在美国头上，再振振有词“我亲眼所见”，粉红们顿时欣喜若狂，四处奔走相告“对上了，都对上了！”，跟什么对上了呢？当然是我党一直宣传的“美国人民身处水深火热了”。至于所谓的斩杀线，也就是普通的美国人甚至中产阶级财务状况会在因为意外达到某一个临界值下，突然受到来自社会的一系列“组合拳”，导致万劫不复，再难翻身。
姑且不说欧美社会有各种针对性的福利政策兜底，也不说这种所谓理论有多么肤浅，我只想谈谈为什么会有如此多的中国人（主要集中在社会底层）对于大洋彼岸的美国人处于斩杀线下显得如此狂热亢奋呢？
其实也很好理解，简单来说，国内现实的经济大环境持续变差，诸如房价暴跌，失业率居高不下，生活成本过高等困境压得人喘不过气，这种困境无法通过个人努力解决，而人们甚至不被允许公开讨论任何社会负面新闻，此时美国斩杀线理论横空出世，对这些人来说正如天降甘霖，给茫然痛苦的底层粉红打了一剂精准高效的强心剂——我虽然住在北京的地下室，一天工作12个小时，看不起病，买不起房，养不起孩子，每天吃拼好饭，但我至少还活着啊！比活在斩杀线下的美国底层强太多了！
往往相信斩杀线理论的人其实有很多共同特点，比如爱党，爱华为，爱中医，爱俄罗斯等等，这是因为爱这些东西的人往往不用逻辑思考，而是盲目的接受并相信一切灌输给他们的信息，而受限于中国庞大的言论审查制度，以及中共炉火纯青的“感恩教育”灌输，他们所爱的这些东西，无一不是中国的“政治正确”，也就是“爱中共所爱”。是我党一手把他们洗成了只会盲听盲信的傻子，又为了维护中央集权的权威性和合法性，亲手将军国主义的毒瘤思想塞进他们的脑子里，导致相当一部分中国人在21世纪居然成了反对日本军国主义，但支持希特勒和斯大林的中国特色军国主义接班人。甚至近年来态势愈演愈烈，连胡锡进这种著名的御用“左派叼盘侠”也被网民打成了右派，而常年发表“欧美水深火热”观点的博主波士顿圆脸也因为质疑牢A，也被反复批斗。
老实说，作为一个反贼，这种情况的发生让我既痛快又痛苦，痛快的是这些著名的中共叼盘侠为了赚钱助纣为虐，变着法地洗白中共，洗脑民众，如今遭受来自底层基本盘的反噬实在大快人心，痛苦的是至少胡锡进这些人当年是靠着真假参半的新闻来忽悠民众，而今时今日，如牢A之流，仅凭不露脸的讲故事段子就能收获数百万狂热粉丝，且这些人还会自发的为了维护这样的货色而四处攻击指责他人，随意扣帽子打成汉奸，此情此景颇有文革再现的荒谬感。可想而知这些中国网民今时今日的素质已经低到何等地步。 一根棍子分左右，但是当右边半边被整个折断扔掉以后，那么原本中间靠左的部分自然也就成了如今的“右”，胡锡进之流就成了如今棍子的右端，那么以后的中国又会走向哪里呢？随着中共对互联网的管制日渐加强，洗脑越发严密，媒体沦为彻底的喉舌，会不会有一天连马屁拍得不够用力，语气显得不够真诚也会成为被认为是”叛徒“得理由呢？我觉得答案是肯定的。
On the Viral “Kill Line Theory” and the Successes and Failures of the Party’s Brainwashing
Author: Cheng Min, Party Member of the China Democracy Party UK Headquarters
Date: 12 February 2026
There is an old saying in China – “strengthen the body, civilise the spirit”. Originally it meant that modern Chinese citizens should have healthy, strong bodies and, at the same time, the thinking and logic of civilised people. But after decades of diligent brainwashing by the Party, whether the first goal has been achieved is debatable – food safety has never stopped being a major problem in our country. As for the second, I can only say we are heading in precisely the opposite direction. Never mind “civilised discussion”: in my view, if a “little pink” can get through five sentences of a political argument without cursing the other side as “traitors who should see their whole family die”, that already counts as relatively high quality.
The Party itself, in fact, both loves and hates this situation. After all, what it really needs has never been modern citizens with independent thinking (obviously – if you all think for yourselves, how am I supposed to fool you?), but rather “divine dogs” who love their master as their life, are utterly loyal and obedient, and who, even if they are booted out of the house, can automatically navigate back, tail wagging and begging for approval, while turning around to viciously bark at the neighbours. Why do I call them “divine dogs”? Because throughout history, guard dogs had to be fed. Our Party, however, does not feed its dogs; instead, the “divine dogs” rush about working every day, bringing food back to serve their master in his silks and brocades. That, you might say, is a fine Chinese traditional characteristic.
In recent days, on the Chinese video platform Bilibili, a creator by the name of “King Squeech” (also known as “Prison A”, Lao A) has gone viral. He claims to be a medical student studying in the United States. The main content of his videos is to use a first-person narrative and the so-called “kill line” as a theoretical foundation to “reveal” all kinds of horrifying realities faced by different social strata in the United States. In a very short time, Lao A has risen on the Simplified Chinese internet like a comet, gaining millions of followers and enormous influence.
Even state media journalists from CCTV have got involved: one of them, in halting English, actually asked a senior US official in a formal interview about the “kill line”. Perhaps because the American’s English was “too poor”, the two of them essentially talked past each other, with completely mismatched questions and answers, until the US official finally said in frustration, “I don’t know what you’re talking about – and I suspect you don’t either.” After being “polished” by state media, however, this episode was packaged as yet another solid piece of evidence for “Lao A’s theory”, triggering a new round of ecstasy among his followers.
Even a few of my friends who don’t usually care about politics started messaging me on WeChat to ask if life abroad is really a living hell, with everyone living under the shadow of the “kill line”. It was both funny and depressing.
In reality, Lao A’s so-called “kill line theory” simply cannot withstand scrutiny – because it doesn’t even qualify as a theory. The content of his videos is more like a giant compendium of horror stories: he digs up some shocking real cases from history, or simply borrows rumours and conspiracy theories, changes the time, place and names, dumps them all onto the United States, and then confidently declares, “I saw this with my own eyes.” The “little pinks” are immediately overjoyed and run around shouting, “It all matches, it all checks out!”
What does it match? Naturally, it lines up perfectly with the Party’s long-standing propaganda that “the American people are living in the depths of misery”. As for the so-called “kill line”, the idea is that ordinary Americans, even the middle class, once their financial situation reaches a certain critical point because of some accident, will suddenly be hit by a string of blows from society – a “combination punch” – from which they can never recover, condemned to eternal ruin.
Setting aside the various welfare policies that exist across Western societies as a safety net, and setting aside how shallow this “theory” actually is, I only want to talk about one question: why are there so many Chinese people (concentrated mainly at the bottom of society) who are so fanatically excited by the idea of Americans “living under the kill line”?
The answer is not hard to understand. Put simply, the economic environment in China has been deteriorating for a long time. House prices are collapsing, unemployment remains high, the cost of living is suffocatingly high. These problems cannot be solved through individual effort, and people are not even allowed to openly discuss negative social news.
At this moment, the “American kill line theory” appears out of nowhere. For these people, it is like timely rain falling from the sky – a precisely targeted, highly effective shot of adrenaline for the bewildered and suffering grassroots “little pinks”:
Yes, I may be living in a basement in Beijing, working twelve hours a day, unable to afford medical treatment, unable to buy a home, unable to raise children, eating cheap “pre-made meals” every day – but at least I’m still alive! That’s so much better than those Americans beneath the kill line!
Those who embrace the kill line theory often share many characteristics: they love the Party, love Huawei, love Traditional Chinese Medicine, love Russia and so on. Why? Because people who love these things typically do not engage in logical reasoning. They blindly accept and believe everything that is fed to them.
And due to China’s enormous system of speech censorship and the CCP’s highly refined “gratitude education”, every one of these things they “love” belongs to China’s “political correctness” – that is, they “love what the CCP loves”.
It is the Party that has painstakingly brainwashed them into fools who can only obey and believe. In order to defend the authority and legitimacy of centralised power, it then personally implants the tumour of militarist thinking into their minds, with the result that a significant number of Chinese people in the twenty-first century actually oppose Japanese militarism while supporting Hitler and Stalin’s brand of “militarism with Chinese characteristics”.
In recent years, this trend has only grown more intense. Even someone like Hu Xijin, the famous pro-regime “leftist plate-licker”, has been labelled a “rightist” online. And “Boston Round Face”, a blogger who has long pushed the “the West is in misery” narrative, has been repeatedly struggled against simply for questioning Lao A.
To be honest, as someone opposed to the regime, this situation fills me with both satisfaction and pain.
It is satisfying because these famous regime lackeys have, in order to make money, been whitewashing the CCP and brainwashing the public in all sorts of ways. To see them now bitten back by the very grassroots base they helped to create is really quite gratifying.
It is painful because at least people like Hu Xijin used to fool the public with a mixture of truth and lies in their news. Now, figures like Lao A can harvest millions of fanatical followers simply by telling faceless stories, and these followers in turn take the initiative to attack and denounce others in order to defend such a person, slapping the “traitor” label on anyone at will. The whole scene reeks of a Cultural Revolution-style absurdity.
You can well imagine just how low the overall quality of many Chinese netizens has sunk.
A stick has a left and a right end. When the right-hand half has been snapped off and thrown away, the part that was originally slightly left of centre naturally becomes the new “right”. People like Hu Xijin have now become the right-hand end of today’s stick. So where will China head from here?
As the CCP tightens its grip on the internet, intensifies its brainwashing, and reduces the media to nothing more than a megaphone, will we reach a point where even praise that is not effusive enough, or a tone that does not sound sufficiently sincere, becomes grounds for being branded a “traitor”?
I think the answer is yes.
