Some people mocking the phrase 'their cognition deserves the suffering' when referring to Chinese people is problematic. After 1949, the suffering of the vast majority of the population had no connection to cognition. From the elites to the commoners, everyone experienced hardships in various movements. It can even be said that those with higher cognition often faced quicker demise—Lin Zhao, Zhang Zhixin, Yu Luoke, Feng Yuanchun, Huang Lizhong... Their suffering was precisely a result of their extraordinary cognition.

In authoritarian systems, the suffering of slaves is a common norm, unrelated to their lower-level cognition. The phrase 'cognition deserves suffering' completely shifts the fundamental issue, erasing the responsibility of dictators and confusing the relationship between the environment and suffering.