
s05e107 | From Maoist China to "Woke" America: The Living Memory of Xi Van Fleet
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Mao's Cultural Revolution
Mao said this before he died that he had two great achievement even though he alone he launched probably more than 50 political campaigns and each one of them left a million dead. Mao used the peasants because he promised the peasants follow me join my revolution and you get free land. The goal is to overthrow those in power basically anyone in power so for the kids who were the ones that have authority over them the first one what teachers right teachers and school officials went afterFirst killing was down by a group of young girls in a girls middle school in Beijing 12 to 16 whatever they took their assistant principal out for struggle session condemned her tortured her and killed her.
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