A brief note about the problem of historical parallels
four cleanups // white guard-red guard // cybernetic logic // endless loops
The comparison for China is always going to be Maoist campaigns. For Western observers, the previous four decades did not happen. The Four Cleanups is more alive for them than economic restructuring or the debate over humanism. These latter events are logical and correct; the events of the Maoist past are now—within official party-state discourse and We…
Keep reading with a 7-day free trial
Subscribe to CJK to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.