Definitely less dire consequences. It was more of a comment on the later leaders. They wanted to appear more revolutionary (eg. pro-party) so they lied and exag

Definitely less dire consequences. It was more of a comment on the later leaders. They wanted to appear more revolutionary (eg. pro-party) so they lied and exaggrated more and more about their production. Similar to how these companies are doing these superficial changes so they can appear to be more pro-BLM/Woke/anti-racist.