The propaganda really does hurt, especially seeing what it does to others. So many people I love I now have to contend with being pretty much fascists who at near every chance given will gleefully talk my ear off about how stupid the Palestinians are for not liking the US or how protestors should be locked up/run over; they even donate to the IDF. Perfectly intelligent and empathetic people suddenly acting like monsters. It's made it so much harder to be around those close to me.

Kin-Dza-Dza uses a desolate desert planet as a satirical analogy to capitalism. It was released near the end of the Soviet Union's existence and is quite interesting to watch.

https://youtu.be/EYHv8eJrW2Y?si=yjX2pP3sWwVT5hY4

Special Economic Zones. Basically where the country keeps it's main industry sectors. However, apart from name, it doesn't have much to do with China's SEZ, so this ultra equates the two for no reason.

I love adorable animals, I'll squeal with delight whenever I see a video of one. Alpacas are my favorite.

Thank you for your answer, I do have more questions though: So did he believe in allowing more private enterprise in China, or was that not really Deng's thing until after Mao died? And what was Mao's opinion of him?

Was Liu Shaoqi a right-deviationist or a true revolutionary? Either way I don't think he deserved what happened to him, but I also don't know much about the guy and what he believes or what got him the name of "capitalist-roader"