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Isn't it better to see it from the perspective of 'people in power can be sinful', rather than 'because there were some female leaders early on in a (highly pro
by bad_ramen_soup 8y ago
Isn't it better to see it from the perspective of 'people in power can be sinful', rather than 'because there were some female leaders early on in a (highly propagandistic) movement then they most be on the side of women? Even still, there are many women who harbor men with bad behavior for personal gain.
- bobthepanda 8y agoOf course it's better, but how often does human behavior act in better or more logical ways? Humans are not the rational, well-informed beings of economics.
- bad_ramen_soup 8y agoNot sure how this relates to my comment..
- mirimir 8y agoWhat I'm wondering is whether the Red Guards -- notwithstanding all the horrible stuff -- were less sexist and more egalitarian than the norm today. I have no clue. I'm not Chinese, or lived there, or even studied China carefully. And maybe I'm too influenced by Cixin Liu's "Remembrance of Earth's Past" trilogy.