Those mass political movements declaring people deplorables to be eliminated to make way for new leaders exemplify the problem of original poltical sin. Reagan’s “Pres Gorbachev, tear down this wall” evolved to Ukraine war lunacy. To find non- violent methods for regime change to enable people to be free from political oppression is the challenge.
Shanghai before the revolution was a tragic place, the Japanese invasion was devastating followed by civil war. Then the cultural revolution and purge of intellectuals. China has had a difficult time to realize it’s place in history free from elitist oppression. Stalin was dangerous for everyone including communists. He purged them too.
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