Was Mao Zedong senile in his old age? Why did he launch the Cultural Revolution?

Video: Was Mao Zedong senile in his old age? Why did he launch the Cultural Revolution? Why are Chinese people “hard to govern”? 毛澤東老年是老糊塗嗎？為什麼要發動文革？為什麼中國人「不好管」？

In 1970, the Dongfanghong-1 satellite was launched. To this day, it still travels alone in orbit, much like the state of mind of an elderly man in that era.

Hello everyone. In this video, we’re not here to repeat textbook conclusions or make simple black-and-white judgments. I want to take you through 50 years of historical fog and re-examine China in the 1960s–70s from a brand-new perspective — the perspective of Dongfanghong-1.

When many people recall those ten years, all they think of is catastrophe. But the data tells us that it was also a decade in which China’s industry, national defense, and diplomacy made explosive progress: the Two Bombs and One Satellite project, restoration of the UN seat, hybrid rice, and even a rural healthcare system that was praised by the WHO…
Why did Mao Zedong, at 73 years old, willingly bear infamy both in life and after death, and still decide to unleash a “revolution” that shattered the very order he had built?

Was it really just a power struggle? Or did he, in his later years, sense a “future” that deeply frightened him?

When bureaucracy resurges, when class solidification becomes increasingly severe, perhaps we can better understand the despair and determination he felt at that time.

History must be viewed from a distance. This video, based on extensive historical documents and independent reflection, attempts to reconstruct a tragic charge launched in pursuit of ultimate human equality.

Chapter Overview

00:00 Dongfanghong-1: A lonely watcher in space
01:23 The intentionally ignored “report card”: Industrial and medical miracles
03:45 Costs and scars: Why do we only hear the elites’ cries?
05:12 The logical flaws of the “power struggle” theory: What did Mao truly fear?
08:30 A painful “vaccine”: Fighting the servility ingrained over millennia
10:55 The quiet dawn: The greatest legacy left by that revolution
13:10 Cutting through the fog: The final echoes of history

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1970年，東方紅一號衛星升空，至今它仍在軌道上孤獨地運行，就像那個時代一位老人晚年的心境。

大家好。本期影片我們不談教科書上的定論，也不做簡單的黑白評判。我想帶大家穿透50年的歷史迷霧，從一個全新的視角——「東方紅一號」的視角，去重新審視20世紀60–70年代的中國。

很多人提起那十年，想到的只有浩劫。但數據告訴我們，那也是中國工業、國防、外交突飛猛進的十年：兩彈一星、恢復聯合國席位、雜交水稻、甚至被世衛組織稱讚的農村醫療體系…
為什麼毛澤東在73歲高齡，寧願背負身前身後的罵名，也要發動一場震碎自己親手建立秩序的「革命」？

這真的僅僅是權力鬥爭嗎？
還是他在晚年看到了某些讓他感到恐懼的「未來」？

當官僚主義重新抬頭，當階級固化日益嚴重，也許我們能更讀懂他當年的絕望與決絕。

歷史需要拉開距離看。本影片基於大量歷史文獻與獨立思考，試圖還原一個為了人類終極平等而進行的悲壯衝鋒。

【章節速覽】
00:00 東方紅一號：太空中孤獨的守望者
01:23 被刻意忽視的「成績單」：工業與醫療奇蹟
03:45 代價與傷痕：為什麼我們只聽到了菁英的哭聲？
05:12 權力鬥爭論的邏輯漏洞：毛澤東真正恐懼的是什麼？
08:30 這一針痛苦的「疫苗」：對抗幾千年的奴性
10:55 這裡的黎明靜悄悄：那場革命留下的最大遺產
13:10 穿透迷霧：歷史的終極回響

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