I kind of skimmed through my Asian history textbook as we entered the more modern era (it was a long ass book man, I just wanted to pass my exam…), but learning about the cultural revolution was saddening. Like, we learned that China was huge on recording its history and all the different types of influences it’s had on other countries. So to go burning, smashing, defacing, etc. thousand year old pagodas, Buddhist statues, temples, etc. and slaughtering creatives along with their works is just devastating. You look at your world-defining culture rooted in literal ancient history and spit on it? I totally understand not hating the Chinese people themselves, and seeing how systems other than capitalism can have their merits, but I will never be able to understand how people can defend the CCP’s atrocities. Killing thousands along with your culture is a modern-day burning of Alexandria.
I kind of skimmed through my Asian history textbook as we entered the more modern era (it was a long ass book man, I just wanted to pass my exam…), but learning about the cultural revolution was saddening. Like, we learned that China was huge on recording its history and all the different types of influences it’s had on other countries. So to go burning, smashing, defacing, etc. thousand year old pagodas, Buddhist statues, temples, etc. and slaughtering creatives along with their works is just devastating. You look at your world-defining culture rooted in literal ancient history and spit on it? I totally understand not hating the Chinese people themselves, and seeing how systems other than capitalism can have their merits, but I will never be able to understand how people can defend the CCP’s atrocities. Killing thousands along with your culture is a modern-day burning of Alexandria.