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"Yet the majority of the millions of Red Guards were not violent, and many spoke out, with mixed effect
"It was an anti-authoritarian, perhaps China's greatest experiment in participatory democracy, and aspired to be a democracy of results, not procedure" (p.38)
Walder, Dikötter, & Ji Xianlin would all disagree. With all the infighting, destruction, and ideological rigidity, any semblance of "democracy" is doubtful
— Jul 18, 2023 02:59AM
"It was an anti-authoritarian, perhaps China's greatest experiment in participatory democracy, and aspired to be a democracy of results, not procedure" (p.38)
Walder, Dikötter, & Ji Xianlin would all disagree. With all the infighting, destruction, and ideological rigidity, any semblance of "democracy" is doubtful
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Coverage of Chinese history from 1900-1960 is very cursory and rather oversimplified, but still better than most.
This is an acceptable flaw, as the book isn't specifically about that time period, but the one immediately after.
— Jul 17, 2023 09:00PM
This is an acceptable flaw, as the book isn't specifically about that time period, but the one immediately after.
