A thread by James Lindsay.
As many of you know, I’m currently reading (when I have time to read) about the historical facts of Mao’s Cultural Revolution, which are shocking. We know our kids are being made into a new Red Guard, but as I learn, I see it far more in the illegal aliens in our countries.
The details about how Mao, together with his general Lin Biao and propagandist Chen Boda, were able to build (1962-1966) and then unleash (June-August 1966) the Red Guard in China, especially Beijing, did not make me think of our brainwashed kids. They remind me of “migrants.”
Aside from the raging Communist hatred and focus on the person of Mao, there are two key forces that created the Red Guard:
1) A “dreamer” population whipped up against class enemies, that’s new to the population (kids in China)
2) A two-tier legal system protecting them.
In China, Mao unleashed relentless propaganda, with the help of Lin and Chen, mostly targeting children, that
(a) extolled revolutionary heroes and martyrs
(b) decried secret class enemies through all the ranks of society.