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"The Cultural Revolution was a sociopolitical movement in China that began in 1966 with Mao Zedong, the leader of the Chinese Communist Party, denouncing the old capitalistic and traditional ways of Chinese life. "

"Following the failure of Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward—a disastrous attempt to accelerate the Chinese economy that left as many as 45 million dead from famine between 1958 and 1962"

"On May 16, 1966, Mao launched the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution to purge the country of “representatives of the bourgeoisie....and destroy the “Four Olds”—old ideas, old customs, old culture and old habits."

"Thousands of party leaders, including Chinese President Liu Shaoqi, were jailed for “crimes against the state.”

"Millions of young radicals who formed the paramilitary Red Guards shut down schools, destroyed religious and cultural relics and killed intellectuals and party elites believed to be anti-revolutionaries."

Any of this sounding familiar yet?

"Mao’s wife, Jiang Qing, led the effort to purify the arts by banning music, literature, film and theater, such as Shakespeare, too closely tied to the West."

see....Gone with the Wind..

"A cult of personality grew around Mao as millions of copies of the “Little Red Book” filled with his thoughts were forced to be read by those in need of “re-education.”

....we all must watch the Funeral.....

"When cities descended into ANARCHY as competing Red Guards factions began to battle each other, the People’s Liberation Army disarmed the student groups and banished them to work on communes in the countryside."

but....but...what is happening in America is new and special..🙄😏

"The Cultural Revolution crippled the Chinese economy and resulted in the deaths of approximately 1.5 million people and the banishment of approximately 20 million others, including China’s current president, Xi Jinping. "

So XI is a fanatic on cultural revolutionary🧐🧐

"Public discussion of the Cultural Revolution remains prohibited in China today, in part to protect Mao’s legacy."

First rule of cultural revolution failures is you don't talk about cultural revolution failures....

carry on with the "peaceful protests"
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