EPISODE · Jan 8, 2021 · 49 MIN
Mao's cultural revolution and wokeness
from Beer and Conversation with Pigweed and Crowhill · host Pigweed and Crowhill
P&C drink and review a Mexican stout, then discuss Mao's cultural revolution. They review some of the basic history, and then explore whether there are similarities between the cultural revolution and modern wokeness. And in fact ... there are. Weaponizing students. Standards that are so vague and ever-changing that you can never know if you're in or out. Overthrowing everything that seems outdated with no idea what you're going to replace it with. Cancel culture. Rejecting everything old or traditional. Struggle sessions = diversity classes. Art exists to advance social justice messages. It's a scary comparison.
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P&C drink and review a Mexican stout, then discuss Mao's cultural revolution. They review some of the basic history, and then explore whether there are similarities between the cultural revolution and modern wokeness. And in fact ... there are. Weaponizing students. Standards that are so vague and ever-changing that you can never know if you're in or out. Overthrowing everything that seems outdated with no idea what you're going to replace it with. Cancel culture. Rejecting everything old or traditional. Struggle sessions = diversity classes. Art exists to advance social justice messages. It's a scary comparison.
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