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Maoism with American Characteristics

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Markusa's Vision of a Repressive Tolerance on Campus

The source for what we call intersectionality today is largely attributable to Mao Zedong. Markusa was inspired by a communist who had a decidedly different tact than Joseph Stalin whom Markusa had come to distrust deeply. In the riots of 1968 and 1969, inspired largely by Markusa's influence, the people chanted the three M's for a reason. So when I say it's cultural Maoism, it's really more I could say it's American Maoism using cultural politics as the wedge.

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