What's a Chinese Communist Party (CPC) member anyway? 共产党员到底是啥？

Serious Chinese Conversation 中文不轻松

All the following words can be conveniently downloaded as a flashcard study set to pleco at this link - https://www.plecoforums.com/threads/serious-chinese-conversation-%E5%85%B1%E4%BA%A7%E5%85%9A%E5%91%98%E5%88%B0%E5%BA%95%E6%98%AF%E5%95%A5.6805/ 共产党员 CPC member gong4 chan3 dang3 yuan2 弟 little brother di4 入党 join the CPC ru4 dang3 提交 submit ti2 jiao1 申请 apply for shen1 qing3 申请书 written applicationn shen1 qing3 shu1 党费 party membership fee dang3 fei4 范围 scope fan4 wei2 政府 government zheng4 fu3 单位 work place dan1 wei4 优势 advantage you1 shi4 政策 policy zheng4 ce4 丢掉 lose/discard diu1 diao4 万一 what if... ; just in case wan4 yi1 签个到 sign in qian1 ge dao4 强国 powerful nation qiang2 guo2 富强 prosperous and strong (of a country) and one of the 12 communist pillars of China fu4 qiang2 限制 restriction; limit xian4 zhi4 弊端 pitfall; disadvantage bi4 duan1 大舅妈 Great aunt (wife of mother's brother) da4 jiu4 ma1 组织 organise zu3 zhi1 浓重 strong (of colours, accent, flavour etc) nong2 zhong4 色彩 characteristic se4 cai3 洗脑 brainwash xi3 nao3 间谍 a spy jian4 die2 发表 publish (a statement, article etc. but not a book) fa1 biao3 集体 collective ji2 ti3 思想 mentality; idealogy si1 xiang3 杭州 Hangzhou (a place about an hr train from Shanghai) hang2 zhou1 书记 secretary shu1 ji4 排除 get rid of pai2 chu2 惩罚 punish; penalise cheng2 fa2 拘留 detention; detain ju1 liu2 党籍 party membership dang3 ji2 政治学家 politician zheng4 zhi4 xue2 jia1 认同 approval; acknowledgement ren4 tong2 多多少少 to some extent; more or less duo1 duo1 shao3 shao3 背景 background (both physical eg. scenery and abstract eg. nationality) bei4 jing3 主意 idea zhu3 yi5 哪怕 even if; even though na3 pa4 场合 occasion; situation chang3 he2 几率 probablity; chance ji1 lv4 端正 correct eg. correct thinking / posture; to rectify duan1 zheng4 名额限制 person limit ming2 e2 xian4 zhi4 电瓶车 electric vesper (main way of getting around in China) dian4 ping2 che1 限速 speed limit xian4 su4 交通事故 traffic accident jiao1 tong1 shi4 gu4 概率 probability gai4 lv4 过滤 to filter (abstract and physical) guo4 lv4 媒体 media mei2 ti3 观点 point of view guan1 dian3 志愿者 volunteer zhi4 yuan4 zhe3 对应 corresponding; equivalent to dui4 ying4