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Nuance is the first thing to go when the masses stir up

I think of The Cultural Revolution decade in China (1966-76) and how the Cultural Revolution shaped modern day China, I think of Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793) and his role in French Revolution / Montagnard faction and death

(H/t @gilles recent cast about Kintsugi)

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Nuance is the first thing to go ------- ? ------- Cultural Revolution in China

Gonna need you to go deeper here my guy

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"You either 100% agree with us or you're against us (and we physically remove you or send you to the gulag)".

But there was nuance during that time. Ex: 100 Flowers campaign where intellectuals were asked for feedback and criticisms. It was eventually reversed, some were punished, some were punished/rehabilitated, some were exalted. It was a tumultuous and complex period, the definition of nuance.

Yeah I don’t think it’s as black and white as all nuance is gone - tumultuous times is the has tons of nuance - ofc multiple books can be written on French Revolution/ cultural revolution 

Example of destruction of nuance that comes to mind: The campaign to destroy the Four Olds (破四旧立四新)