The challenge is get the Chinese Red Guards to eventually purge Mao Zedong during the Cultural Revolution.
Given your means, who might take over the CCP after he is denounced and/or killed?
Could the party even survive?
Fanboys can turn into the worst kind of haters if disappointed by their idol. See: George Lucas.These kids were idolizing Mao Zedong and Mao Zedong Thought; how could they denounce him without becoming counter-revolutionaries like those they were ratting out?![]()
Doesn't this effectively go against the whole concept of the Cultural Revolution and the Red Guards? These kids were idolizing Mao Zedong and Mao Zedong Thought; how could they denounce him without becoming counter-revolutionaries like those they were ratting out?![]()
Fanboys can turn into the worst kind of haters if disappointed by their idol. See: George Lucas.
Ooooh, this is a good idea. I like it.
However, the problem is that the Red Guards essentially viewed Mao as Christ. They would travel across the country on foot like some Canterbury Tale pilgrimage, all just to go see Mao. So how to get them to turn on their messiah? I don't think it's easy. It has to be an evolution out from under Mao and outside of Mao's control, where the madness of the Cultural Revolution transcends him and he becomes an obstacle to the greater god of Communism.