If you're at a point with your side where any criticism is taken as treachery, you're not really on the same side. Some even think the intention of the 100 flow

If you're at a point with your side where any criticism is taken as treachery, you're not really on the same side. Some even think the intention of the 100 flowers campaign was to weed out people who didn't exactly align with Mao (i.e. it was "bad faith" to begin with). Also, the campaign was open to all, not just members of the CCP (Mao's "side" in this context). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Flowers_Campaign#Debated_intention_of_the_campaign https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Flowers_Campaign#Debat...