I don't see any resemblance to the witch-scare. The most popular books back then were about finding witches: https://theontarion.com/2020/02/28/witchcraft-and-t

I don't see any resemblance to the witch-scare. The most popular books back then were about finding witches: https://theontarion.com/2020/02/28/witchcraft-and-the-magic-of-early-printed-books/ https://theontarion.com/2020/02/28/witchcraft-and-the-magic-... Which means it was mostly unplanned mass hysteria... Classic Maoism is NOT unplanned. It's is all about taking advantage of the dumbest members of society to enforce arbitrary dogma that is pushed by the state.