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History books? The evidence is abundant, it's weird that this is even in dispute. Not sure what the Chinese term was but the Soviets used the word "bourgeoisie"
by revelio 4y ago
History books? The evidence is abundant, it's weird that this is even in dispute. Not sure what the Chinese term was but the Soviets used the word "bourgeoisie" or sometimes "kulaks" where today we would say right wing/capitalists, and they used пропаганда (propaganda) for what today we would call misinformation. And counter-revolutionaries were just counter-revolutionaries, no change there.
The only bit about hintymad's claim that's false is that the people who publicly doubted Mao weren't labelled as things. They were just executed.
- ch4s3 4y agoYou're in luck, there's a whole wikipedia page covering the named offenses[1] of the cultural revolution. Rightist, reactionary, and class-enemy seem to have been common based on my reading. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_offences_in_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_offences_in_China
- hintymad 4y ago> Not sure what the Chinese term was but the Soviets used the word "bourgeoisie" or sometimes "kulaks" Yup, Chinese did use "bourgeoisie" too. It's called Xiaozi （小资）, though the connotation of the word today has drastically changed. Before and during the Culture Revolution, the word referred to those who didn't have complete conviction in the Revolution and were attracted to the "corrupted life style" of the western world. However, bourgeoisies were educable. If they refused the education, whatever that means, they would turn into the right.