Given that HN tries to foster discussion, I was hoping that "you would". You know, in your own words. Surely if you feel strongly enough about something, you'd be capable of discussing your viewpoint instead of just dropping a few links at random.
Given that the OP was has been flagged into oblivion, I can only guess they were talking about parallelism between the Cultural Revolution in China and the cultural revolution happening right now in the USA and spilling all over several Western countries. One crucial difference is that in the West, the worst that can happen to you is getting fired. In Communist China, thousand were murdered in cruel ways. This hasn't happened in Western democracies and I very much doubt it would, in a foreseeable future - because the basic sets of values are different.
> cultural revolution happening right now in the USA
The OP was attacking the left, but they have no political power. The cultural revolution is the reactionary, populist right-wing one - they recently ran the White House, they control a major political party, and they run many states, such as Texas and Florida.
> One crucial difference is that in the West, the worst that can happen to you is getting fired. In Communist China, thousand were murdered in cruel ways.
Getting fired, losing sole source of income, contemplating suicide and spiraling into depression are all issues that liberals fight to eradicate.
I would’nt wish this to the worst enemies, even if they’re racist or bigoted or whatever. We have laws and criminal justice system.
