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its not a cultural revolution, its a cultural intimidation, where groups have come to realize the real power of social media is to name, shame, and blame. ther
by Shivetya 6y ago
its not a cultural revolution, its a cultural intimidation, where groups have come to realize the real power of social media is to name, shame, and blame.
there is no middle ground here, you cannot debate anything, as they consider no moral higher than what they profess.
this is some serious Soviet Union type stuff being done to rewrite the world, no limits on how back one can go for an accusation, and then erasing people from the public for a transgression.
Fake news isn't the main threat of social media, intimidation, degradation, and even threats, is.
- vimy 6y agoWhat’s happening is exactly the same as the Chinese cultural revolution.
- eplanit 6y agoI'm convinced that the CCP is playing us like a fiddle.
- CincinnatiMan 6y agoCan you expand? I don't know enough about the cultural revolution to make the connection.
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- vimy 6y agohttps://imgur.com/a/jd9JL9x https://imgur.com/a/jd9JL9x The struggle sessions are the most visible part. In the American cultural revolution they are mainly online (for now). What's a struggle session? Think of all those fake apologies after someone did something perfectly ok but the mob goes after them. > In the struggle sessions the accused, often teachers suspected of lacking proletarian feeling, were paraded through streets and campuses, sometimes stadiums. It was important always to have a jeering crowd; it was important that the electric feeling that comes with the possibility of murder be present. Dunce caps, sometimes wastebaskets, were placed on the victims’ heads, and placards stipulating their crimes hung from their necks. The victims were accused, berated, assaulted. Many falsely confessed in the vain hope of mercy. Were any “guilty”? It hardly mattered. Fear and terror were the point. A destroyed society is more easily dominated. https://www.wsj.com/articles/get-ready-for-the-struggle-session-11552003346 https://www.wsj.com/articles/get-ready-for-the-struggle-sess... Edit: The goal is to replace enlightenment values with critical race theory. > Critical Race Theory presents a radically different view of our society and of us than most of us recognize or accept. They begin with the assumption of racism and look to find it. They say everyone who doesn’t do this is complicit in the problem, including just for disagreeing with Critical Race Theory. And they reject the fundamental liberal, reasonable, legal, and scientific principles upon which liberal societies operate. https://newdiscourses.com/2021/01/what-is-critical-race-theory/ https://newdiscourses.com/2021/01/what-is-critical-race-theo... An example of critical race theory in action: https://twitter.com/DrKarlynB/status/1362774562769879044?s=20 https://twitter.com/DrKarlynB/status/1362774562769879044?s=2... Or this page from the African-American History Museum: https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/926/d5f/a334baf0d43cd480b3ea93582d7e80f8dc-white-culture.2x.w710.jpg https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/926/d5f/a334baf0d43cd480b3ea...
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- yerwhat01010 6y agoI've heard reports from Chinese immigrants who lived through the Cultural Revolution and are saying the same thing - maybe not that what's happening is "exactly" the same but that we're very much heading that way. We should be very worried, and we need to take action.