There are other historical parallels. Karl specializes in Chinese history and notes that these papers “resemble, in so many ways, forms of re-education, forms of self-criticism that were used repeatedly during various periods of political turmoil”. Xi Jinping’s government, for example, is fond of televising forced confessions from human rights activists in order to pre-empt international criticism and help shape a narrative.
Hey look I found the "China bad" in the article. Leave it to a western liberal to draw a parallel between putting someone through a struggle session over being counter revolutionary and not being a genocidal fascist racist.
so theyre being told to watch S10E07 "Lisa gets an 'A'", then write about what they "did wrong" in a way that doesnt justify any of their actions.
i wonder how well u could maliciously comply with that order. maybe talk about how nation states are simply above the law; how the great USA was built on colonialism; how students are just cogs in the machine that are to do what theyre told, without question.
Add in a lot of quotes from zionists from the 40s and 50s who weren't shy about justifying it by talking about "a small atrocity to correct a large one"
