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 | | The revolution had stalled, an inchoate political bureaucracy had been created, and the inexorable logic of dialectical materialism required that the new ruling class be overturned. |
| | While many are reluctant to talk about it, or even unaware of its main precepts, the Cultural Revolution remains a central fact in their lives. |
| | While the idea that revolution could be achieved through sheer force of will was, strictly speaking, a violation of classical Marxism (with its emphasis on the transformation of productive forces), there were - according to many idealistic Leftist academics and China hands writing during the period - genuine ideological reasons behind the Cultural Revolution. |
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