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Eric Kaufmann: Why are young Brits unpatriotic?

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The Cultural Revolution in China

Cultural socialism are attacking the past historical narratives proper names traditions. The cultural revolution was going after what it called the four old old Chinese traditions and wanted to wipe the slate clean to the year zero. We're seeing that occurring with all the statue toppling and the sort of rewriting of history but then the other part of this is the George Orwell two plus two equals five you must believe it say it until you believe it That truth becomes political the meaning of words becomes political and that also I think is something that comes out of that cultural revolution in China.

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