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I'm not the first one to see parallels to the Cultural Revolution. Policies like purging the intelligentsia and sending educated urban people to go work in the

by jhp123 1y ago

I'm not the first one to see parallels to the Cultural Revolution. Policies like purging the intelligentsia and sending educated urban people to go work in the fields weren't motivated by any thought out plan, but by an irrational sense of resentment against "elites" and a desire for "purity".

deepfriedbits 1y ago
I'm glad you mentioned this. I've heard analogies to the Cultural Revolution a few times in recent weeks and it's spot on.
stevenwoo 1y ago
Arts/academia/sciences are being disciplined for thought crimes and will learn one way or another through this coercion to bend the knee, it explains the crackdown on student protests against Israeli genocide, science funding, the arts takeover, using all the federal levers of funding and immigration.
Jordan-117 1y ago
"The Disturbing Rise of MAGA Maoism" [The Atlantic]: https://archive.is/j0lGD https://archive.is/j0lGD This probably won't end with millions of Americans starving to death, but I'm sure the administration is hard at work looking for ways to destroy our seed corn.
jorblumesea 1y ago
There are other parallels, such as using young indoctrinated students being used as political weapons. DOGE for example.