Thank you for sharing your insight. Fascinating and disturbing! Rule by mob! Would be interesting to see an org chart of the informal power structure. I would imagine that tenure gives them a little time & protection to achieve critical mass. Particularly in a monolithic ideological environment.

I’ve studied about Maos cultural revolution. Like other revolutions one of the hallmarks is indoctrination of the youth. Education is the tool to achieve that goal. This isn’t a unique revelation but common knowledge. What is concerning is that it’s one of the strategies used by totalitarians to gain power over a society.