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Maoism
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Revolutionary Islam is linked to the Koran, to be sure, just as Stalinism and Maoism were linked to Das Kapital, but to explain the horrors of China's man-made famines or the Soviet gulag solely by invoking the writings of Karl Marx would be to miss the main point. Messianic violence can attach itself to any creed.
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― Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance
― Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance
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A former Red Guard relates, “I believe many little girls and boys of my generation dreamed of being a geological prospector… Propaganda for recruiting young people to work in this area was very effective. When my neighbor’s daughter was accepted by the geology department of a prestigious university, we all envied her for her future prospects of an adventurous life.
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― Maoism at the Grassroots: Everyday Life in China’s Era of High Socialism
― Maoism at the Grassroots: Everyday Life in China’s Era of High Socialism
