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TonyZa's avatar

I've met a chinese expat that held a portrait of Mao in his wallet as a good luck charm because Mao had been immensely powerful.

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Grundvilk's avatar

It all sounds pretty much like the conduct and efficacy of modern federal and state level governments in the US (and elsewhere in the world) to me. Cargo cults, all -- and many, if not most, of the 'villagers' have come to the same conclusions about the poser shamans involved in those empty ceremonies, too.

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