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Given that no nice people, genuinely interested in the well-being of their fellow people, have ever been dictators, why do stupid humans always fall for the personality cult trick?
John
2010-08-12 16:26:12

Brilliant. Frightening. And it makes me wonder, if people had been able to Tweet through the state-imposed isolation, would the Revolution have lasted as long?
Richard Sanders
2010-08-13 01:26:03

Disturbing to think what a bunch of lemmings homo sapiens can be.
Roger Mann
2010-08-13 12:38:35

George Orwell would be proud ...
Hannah
2010-08-13 12:42:29

Chilling stuff..

For anybody interested in this subject, this is a really good book with some horrifying, illuminating, and incredible accounts:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Good-Women-China-Hidden-Voices/dp/0099440784
squid
2010-08-13 12:44:12

Mao was an intellectual revolutionary leader that offered change and inspired people out of years of emperor rule. People yearned so much for inspiration and change it got out of control, and he was corrupted by his own success as leader. it's amazing though that now, how in Hong Kong and in China the badges and bust's with his face on are design icons and people wear Mao T-shirts, he was a mass murderer slaying millions of his own people. So a similar bliss full ignorance or disregard of the facts exists now. At least then it was for the hope of a better life now it's to make a fashion statement. Tim
Tim McConville
2010-08-13 12:55:47

Mao has been dead for over 30 years and most of his legacy/policy/ideology has been completely removed since the reform in 80s by Mr Deng. Everyone remembers what Mao did till now and few wouldn't regard culture revolution as a total disaster. However it's the time for letting these sad memories go.

I do feel ironic that CR would feature such a cultureless period of time. What's the point, as an cultural magazine, to publicize an historical event of no design and art? I feel more comfortable if it's posted in a historical/political magazine. But now I think it only hurts the scar and humiliates Chinese people again, which is very mean.
Jing
2010-08-13 17:42:40

@Jing

As mentioned in the piece, the book's position is to suggest that the period wasn't as 'cultureless' as most people think. Even if you don't agree with that position, the contemporary photographs are surely of interest in themselves.
 PatrickBurgoyne
2010-08-13 17:49:23

Bloody hell. You mean "Millions" died.
mike fromowitz
2010-08-15 02:38:38

beat it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDz8jtMrm9s
fazyluckers.com
2010-08-16 17:06:00

sensitive subject, but like other periods in history some great iconic images came out of some terrible times.
The red against the blue skies and clothes makes a really strong visual impact
Corporate photographer London
2010-08-24 19:22:10

Having read and discussed this explosive and sensitive topic in a Sociology class last semester, these images make that period in history all too real and threatening.
Jasmine Farahat
2010-09-24 03:37:35

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