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66. James Lindsay on Psychological Warfare

You Must Be Some Kind of Therapist

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The Usurping Son Seed

The pernicious plant doesn't have the capacity to grow in a well-tended environment. It can sprout, so you also have to try to make sure that when you see it, that you do something about it. Maoism because of their Confucian ethic in Chinese culture is based on family piety and getting young revolutionaries to denounce their parents. That was a key element in Mao breaking the young person away from the family and pledging their loyalty to the socialist state and to himself.

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