Just following the model that China used during the Cultural Revolution.
Excellent article, thanks for posting. It reminds me of C.S.Lewis’s book.
Lewis wrote a book called “Screwtape Letters.” It is a series of letters from a senior demon Screwtape to his nephew Wormwood, a junior tempter. The nephew has the responsibility in securing the damnation of a British man known only as “the Patient.” Screwtape gives Wormwood detailed advice on various methods of undermining God’s words and of promoting abandonment of God in “the Patient.”
One of the letters says……….
“My dear wormwood,
Be sure that the patient remains completely fixated on politics. Arguments, political gossip, and obsessing on the faults of people they have never met serves as an excellent distraction from advancing in personal virtue, character, and the things the patient can control.
Make sure to keep the patient in a constant stage of angst, frustration, and general disdain towards the rest of the human race in order to avoid any kind of charity or inner peace from further developing.
Ensure the patient continues to believe that the problem is “out there” in the “broken system” rather than recognizing there is a problem with himself.
Keep up the good work,
Uncle Screwtape.”