To all you leftists protesters and the No Kings attendees, this is what the left doesn’t want you to hear. Watch this, this has been true throughout history and you are being used. Their cause isn’t your cause, think for yourself and you will see you are on the wrong side of this matter, it’s not too late for you.
Grok Offers these examples:
Cambodia (Khmer Rouge Revolution, 1975-1979): The Khmer Rouge, a radical communist movement led by Pol Pot, recruited young peasants, intellectuals, professionals, and students—many of whom had studied abroad in France and returned to support the revolution—to overthrow the existing government and establish a classless agrarian society. Formal education was halted, and children from age eight were separated from parents and placed in labor camps for indoctrination, teaching them to view the state as their true parent and follow orders without hesitation. This led to widespread chaos, including the forced evacuation of cities, destruction of cultural institutions, and the Cambodian Genocide, resulting in 1.5 to 2 million deaths (nearly 25% of the population) through executions, starvation, and forced labor.
Soviet Union (Bolshevik Revolution and Subsequent Purges, 1917-1953): The Bolsheviks, under Lenin and later Stalin, involved intellectuals, students, and young revolutionaries in the 1917 October Revolution to dismantle the tsarist system and establish a communist state. The movement drew on alienated intellectuals and used repression to instill fear, leading to the Red Terror (1918-1922) with mass arrests, executions, and concentration camps targeting perceived enemies. This escalated into Stalin’s Great Purge (1936-1938), eliminating the “old guard” of revolutionaries, party members, and intellectuals through show trials, torture, and summary executions. The chaos included civil war, famines, and widespread terror, causing an estimated 20 million deaths from executions, gulags, and starvation.
Iran (Iranian Revolution and Cultural Revolution, 1979-1983): Leftist groups, including Marxist-Leninist organizations like the Tudeh Party and Fedayeen guerrillas, allied with Islamists and recruited students through university campuses and associations endorsing leftist ideologies to protest against the Shah’s regime. Secular leftists and students joined the movement hoping to gain power, participating in mass demonstrations and guerrilla actions. After the revolution, Islamists under Khomeini purged leftists, closing universities, banning student unions, expelling dissident professors, and suppressing secular groups through violence and executions. This led to chaos, including a mini-civil war (1981-1983), mass arrests, and the deaths of thousands of leftists and opponents in purges and executions.
China (Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976): Mao Zedong mobilized university and high school students to form Red Guard paramilitary units, encouraging them to attack the “Four Olds” (old ideas, culture, customs, habits) and purge perceived counter-revolutionaries within the Communist Party and society. Students conducted struggle sessions, public humiliations, and assaults on teachers, intellectuals, and officials, leading to factional fighting and widespread destruction of cultural heritage. The chaos included mass killings, suicides, and forced labor, with an estimated 1-2 million deaths; the People’s Liberation Army eventually intervened to restore order, but the revolution continued until Mao’s death.
Peru (Shining Path Insurgency, 1980-2000): The Maoist guerrilla group Shining Path, founded by philosophy professor Abimael Guzmán, recruited students and intellectuals from universities to launch a “people’s war” against the Peruvian state, aiming to establish a communist society. They targeted rural areas and cities, using terrorism, assassinations, and forced recruitment of youth. The conflict caused widespread chaos, including massacres and human rights violations, leading to approximately 70,000 deaths, with Shining Path responsible for over half.
