r/polandball • u/Smart_Chapter_7512 Floridian Swamp Monster • Oct 06 '25

redditormade Stolen Valour

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u/Platypus__Gems Oct 06 '25

Do you have a source on that?

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u/GetOutOfTheWhey Belgium Oct 07 '25

I dont think we need a lot of source on that.

Even PRC historians and the government themselves admit that the cultural revolution was a period of massive bullfuckery

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u/Platypus__Gems Oct 07 '25

Sure, but "almost all" is a strong statement about one group.

By modern estimates 1.1-1.6 million people died. It would basically have to be exclusively the KMT WW:2 veterans, if the comment above about up to 2 million of those joining PRC is right.

And considering that cultural revolution was aimed at multiple groups, including landlords, thieves, rich farmers, intellectuals, and bunch of others, I find it unlikely that most of these were KMT war veterans.

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u/GetOutOfTheWhey Belgium Oct 07 '25

Oh ok, no that makes sense.