[jhp123]

I'm not the first one to see parallels to the Cultural Revolution. Policies like purging the intelligentsia and sending educated urban people to go work in the fields weren't motivated by any thought out plan, but by an irrational sense of resentment against "elites" and a desire for "purity".

[Jordan-117]

"The Disturbing Rise of MAGA Maoism" [The Atlantic]:

https://archive.is/j0lGD

This probably won't end with millions of Americans starving to death, but I'm sure the administration is hard at work looking for ways to destroy our seed corn.

[deepfriedbits]

I'm glad you mentioned this. I've heard analogies to the Cultural Revolution a few times in recent weeks and it's spot on.

[stevenwoo]

Arts/academia/sciences are being disciplined for thought crimes and will learn one way or another through this coercion to bend the knee, it explains the crackdown on student protests against Israeli genocide, science funding, the arts takeover, using all the federal levers of funding and immigration.

[jorblumesea]

There are other parallels, such as using young indoctrinated students being used as political weapons. DOGE for example.