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Jiang says the Cultural Revolution destroyed Chinese religion, tradition, and cultural identity, after which China became capitalist and then hyper-capitalistic.
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Cultural Revolution
Jiang says the Cultural Revolution destroyed Chinese religion, tradition, and cultural identity, after which China became capitalist and then hyper-capitalistic.
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Jiang argues ordinary Chinese were in some ways happier during the Cultural Revolution than today because life was simple, certain, communal, and fertility-supporting despite poverty.
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"...And China is an example of this, right? Think about the Cultural Revolution that destroyed religion. That destroyed tradition. That destroyed cultural identity. And..."
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"China had the fastest growth rate, economic growth rate in the world. How did that happen? Okay? So I'm not saying this is true...."
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"poorer during the Cultural Revolution people were a lot happier during the Cultural Revolution than they are today. Maybe not us, okay? But for..."
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"...the world. How did China the Chinese economy boom after the Cultural Revolution? And how did Napoleon and France defeat all of Europe? Okay?..."
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"Same thing with the Cultural Revolution where the Cultural Revolution removed the old elite, the bureaucrats. So in the 1980s when China opened up,..."
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"...now these mythology are in charge okay so think of the cultural revolution in China you could remove these authority figures but then your..."
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