Mao's America: A Survivor’s Warning
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- Update Date：2025-09-14
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- Author：Xi Van Fleet
- ISBN：1546006303
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Fanchen Bao
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Warning: I have NOT read the book， just the introduction。 Below are my opinions based on an educated guess of what the book MAY be about。That said， the introduction itself is enough to put the book in the bull-crap basket。 If there is one， ONLY ONE， defining characteristic of the Cultural Revolution under Mao， it is the cult of personality （个人崇拜）， in which one person （Mao in this case） could do no wrong， commit no crime， and all his idiosyncratic sayings are words of God to be followed （i。e。， 红宝 Warning: I have NOT read the book， just the introduction。 Below are my opinions based on an educated guess of what the book MAY be about。That said， the introduction itself is enough to put the book in the bull-crap basket。 If there is one， ONLY ONE， defining characteristic of the Cultural Revolution under Mao， it is the cult of personality （个人崇拜）， in which one person （Mao in this case） could do no wrong， commit no crime， and all his idiosyncratic sayings are words of God to be followed （i。e。， 红宝书， The Red Book）。If we have to make a comparison between today's American society and the Cultural Revolution， the stark resemblance is the cult of Trump。 Among the far-right voters （not necessarily Republican voters， because some of them do genuinely care about the wellbeing of the country）， Trump can do no wrong， commit no crime （despite all the evidence）， and his words， no matter how unhinged and irresponsible， are almost akin to the rule of law （build the wall， "I just want to find 11，780 votes"， etc。）。Another similarity， if we may， is between the Trump-wannabes （De Santas， Greene， Pence， etc。） and Mao-wannabes （Lin Biao 林彪， the Gang of Four 四人帮， etc。）， who spared no effort to promote the cult leader via their own policies or their interpretation of what the leader wants， while secretly wishing to replace him instead。If we dig deeper into the policies on education， civil rights， and human rights， the similarities between Trump's America （or a far-right America with whatever cult on its pedestal） and Mao's China are even more uncanny。Although the progressives have their own share of shenanigans， the general direction they march towards （diversity， equality， tolerance） is the complete opposite of what the Cultural Revolution represents （uniformity， hierarchy， punishment）。 Given the far-right's well-known adjacency to authoritarian regimes， it is ignorant at best and disingenuous at worst for the author to equate progressive policies with the Cultural Revolution， while ignoring the actual connection between a far-right's America and Mao's China。You know what， I think Trump secretly wants to be Mao （he already hinted at it by showing admiration to both Xi and Putin）， if， of course， he were literate enough to know who Mao is。 。。。more
Valerie
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