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The Importance of Violence in a Revolution
Mao's power over China as a whole is based on his power within the Communist Party. The purge of the party unfaithful is Mao's way of settling old scores. It's not just teachers and students who are targets for violence. Anyone or anything associated with art, literature, music, anything with faintly Western cultural influences it's all fair game.