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The Cultural Revolution 1966-76, Mao Zedong Thought: guiding principles of…

- - - - excited by the change from confucianism to encouraged rebellion
      - indoctrinated through control of the education system + the Little Red Book, had no recollection of the GLF failures
      - genuine appreciation for success in KW and Land reform replaced with a cult of personality.
    - - Originally children of party cadres- mobilisation of elite middle schools, together since elementary therefore ensured peer pressure.
      - pragmatic careerism- chance to remove senior communists and from hierarchy ( no retirement system), gain party connections
      - members of the black elements tried to overcompensate for their background ( allowed to join autumn 1966)
  - - - party bureaucrats: pragmatic economic development- incentives, disliked M's change, GLF policies failures, Liu Shaoqi + deng xiaoping
      - Maoist faction: closely associated, continual rev, 'red over expert'
      - military faction: people's military vs regular military, divided between followers of Lin Biao who supported Mao and Lo Juijin who favored a strong, conventional PLA