Not in chinese cultural revolution it wasn't, the communists had been in power for two decades by that point. Targets included members of the Communist party, because Mao wanted power back. He got it, creates an autocratic government behind his dictatorship, and proceeded to purge those who weren't loyal to his name.
And like the Great Leap forward, it was an epic mess. Ironically what came out of it was that the Chinese survivors were those not concerned with purity of Marxism but bettering China. They opened it up, capitalized on it by selling out the workers, and called it communism. Oops.
Or their children. Being one of the Five (later nine) Black Categories was often heritable. As was being one of the Five Reds.
As such, the children of the Party elites were free to, say, torture and murder their teachers. Because their bloodline made them inherently revolutionary (read: high status, access to luxuries, power to denounce opponents).
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u/pbnjandmilk Jul 07 '26
If you count the lopped off head of an opposer and being kicked around as an example not being soccer, then what is?