This woman lived through Mao's China and has a lot to say about today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALOVZ9fc84k A survivor of the Cultural Revolution is sounding the alarm and people need to hear this Just finished watching this interview with a woman named Xi Van Fleet, who actually lived through Mao's Cultural Revolution in China as a kid. Here are the things that stuck with me: She makes a really sharp point about the difference between authoritarianism and totalitarianism. Authoritarianism just wants you to obey. Totalitarianism wants to control what you think and believe. And she sees echoes of that same thing happening in the West today. One of the biggest themes she kept coming back to is how deceptive communism is as a system, not just as a government. The CCP deceived the nationalist Chinese TWICE until they finally wiped them out. The communists would say "now is not the time for conflict, we need to unite against the Japanese" and the nationalists, who genuinely wanted to cooperate, agreed. That openness and willingness to work together is literally what destroyed them. Twice. And they deceived America over and over throughout history too. Nixon's visit in 1972 is a perfect example, the CCP was on the verge of collapse and used that moment to get a lifeline out of the US. She's saying this is not accidental, it's THE core tactic. She also describes the CCP not as a legitimate Chinese government but as a foreign occupying force that took over China. When she explained it that way it honestly reframes everything. When she described all of this I started thinking of like 10 modern examples on my own. Highly recommend watching the full thing if you have time 🙏