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> BTW they now teach "politics" in primary schools. The Youth are extremely patriotic and loyal to the party, they are impatient to even let you start your diff

by umvi 7y ago

> BTW they now teach "politics" in primary schools. The Youth are extremely patriotic and loyal to the party, they are impatient to even let you start your different opinions. Are they "patriotic" enough to report family members to the regime as political dissenters? If so, China is really in a bad spot as that is reminiscent of Nazi Germany. At least we would have a pseudo-ironic name for the program ("Xitler Youth")

garmaine 7y ago
Go look up "cultural revolution" on wikipedia.
jszymborski 7y ago
An interesting memoir of the Cowshed's of China's Cultural Revolution https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/books/ct-prj-cowshed-ji-xianlin-20160128-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/books/ct-prj-co...