
Mao’s Cultural Revolution: everything you wanted to know
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There was a touch of the religious cult in in the midst of something as a sort of political coup, and also a kind of revolution within the revolution. But basically, it gives you a of the richness, but also the terror that the culture revolution provides as a historical event. And so you talked about ama's rivals within the the communist party. So so this wasn't just paranoyo on his part? Did he actually have genuine opponents within the chinese leadership? Well, robert remind you of the old saying that just ecause your paranite doesn't mean they're not out to get you. Thet's just recap for people. Now, coming on to the events
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