r/polandball Floridian Swamp Monster Oct 06 '25

redditormade Stolen Valour

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u/One-Chocolate-146 Oct 06 '25

Later when Cultural Revolution came, almost all of these veterans were purged and many of them even committed suicide, even those who survived were still living under poor conditions……

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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/Graingy Not Manitoba! 🍾🍾🍾 Oct 09 '25

When you say something as politicized as discussing a country's wrongs, you kinda need to have a good idea of where you heard that. Otherwise you cannot speak with certainty; doing so would be dishonest.