My impression (admittedly based on Western sources) is that the Cultural Revolution was a frightening experience for many people. Perhaps the economy itself was not badly affected, but people’s subjective experience also matter. This is not to say that the Cultural Revolution was unnecessary or could have been avoided. Maybe it helped set the foundation for China’s subsequent rise. Hope one day an impartial historical perspective on the Cultural Revolution will become available.
Rebellion is the natural order of things. The state of rebellion is a symptom of Health. - I consider the Cuban Revolution the single greatest act of man in recorded history. 82 men - reduced to maybe 20 upon landing, due to some CIA rat-fuck - on a barely sea-worthy yacht, the Granma, took back a country from the most vile and corrupt hegemon our soiled Earth has ever known. Want proof of that? 66 years of trying to 'take it back', and failing.
10,000 years from now people will remember Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, and Camilo Cienfuegos...no one but psychologists will recall Donald Trump.
My impression (admittedly based on Western sources) is that the Cultural Revolution was a frightening experience for many people. Perhaps the economy itself was not badly affected, but people’s subjective experience also matter. This is not to say that the Cultural Revolution was unnecessary or could have been avoided. Maybe it helped set the foundation for China’s subsequent rise. Hope one day an impartial historical perspective on the Cultural Revolution will become available.
For many elites, loss of social status is literally a fate worse than death: they will die solely to maintain their standing in society.
And that's all that happened. Once the Cultural Revolution had succeeded, the elites were restored to the former status.
None was harmed. Read The Cultural Revolution In A Chinese Village, by Dongping Han for a non-elite POV. Fascinating!
Rebellion is the natural order of things. The state of rebellion is a symptom of Health. - I consider the Cuban Revolution the single greatest act of man in recorded history. 82 men - reduced to maybe 20 upon landing, due to some CIA rat-fuck - on a barely sea-worthy yacht, the Granma, took back a country from the most vile and corrupt hegemon our soiled Earth has ever known. Want proof of that? 66 years of trying to 'take it back', and failing.
10,000 years from now people will remember Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, and Camilo Cienfuegos...no one but psychologists will recall Donald Trump.