Red Guard members wave copies of Chairman Mao’s “Little Red Book” during a parade in Beijing in June 1966. Young people are easily manipulated, and when they act in concert for what they believe are good causes, those causes often end up in disaster and mass violence. Jean Vincent/AFP via Getty Images
Having read and written extensively (for example, in The Daily Economy) about the suffering of the Chinese people under former Chinese leader Mao Zedong, I was horrified and alarmed to listen to a short take by an Oberlin College student shortly after the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.
Barry Brownstein
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Barry Brownstein is professor emeritus of economics and leadership at the University of Baltimore. He is the author of “The Inner-Work of Leadership,” and his essays have appeared in publications such as the Foundation for Economic Education and Intellectual Takeout.
