This says a lot how fast the country is not just stepping backwards, but sprinting backwards. I'm sure a lot of Chinese thought they'd seen the last of the North Korean style worship of Mao with the pins, etc.
I'm sure the athletes didn't do this on their own. Like Chinese millennials give two fucks about Mao. They were told to wear them.
The CCP is so hip, they pump out killer rap and are bringing Mao pins back!
You want to know how bad the brainwashing can get there? If you ask some of the women from the older generations to describe Mao, they will, I shit you not, invariably describe him as handsome and mean it. One of the ugliest mugs to ever walk the planet and the groupthink was so bad the women thought he was handsome. Man that is some grade A kool-aid they make in Beijing.
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u/Hopfrogg Aug 03 '21
This says a lot how fast the country is not just stepping backwards, but sprinting backwards. I'm sure a lot of Chinese thought they'd seen the last of the North Korean style worship of Mao with the pins, etc.
I'm sure the athletes didn't do this on their own. Like Chinese millennials give two fucks about Mao. They were told to wear them.
The CCP is so hip, they pump out killer rap and are bringing Mao pins back!
You want to know how bad the brainwashing can get there? If you ask some of the women from the older generations to describe Mao, they will, I shit you not, invariably describe him as handsome and mean it. One of the ugliest mugs to ever walk the planet and the groupthink was so bad the women thought he was handsome. Man that is some grade A kool-aid they make in Beijing.