Talk:Struggle session
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Lynching?
[edit]Genuine question. This article makes it seem like this is somehow unique to China or Communist governments but shouldn't this article just be folded into the already exist article for lynching?
Are all the original sources describing this as unique from the U.S during the cold war to make communist China seem more violent than for example the Jim Crow South? If the idea is that the government sanctioned these then it should be folded into the article for Show Trial.
It seems dubious to make this seem distinct from similar proceedings in other countries and other economic systems where lynchings work the exact same way anyway. ~2025-44019-08 (talk) 16:20, 30 December 2025 (UTC)
- Far more going on than lynching. ~2025-33637-37 (talk) 03:06, 9 February 2026 (UTC)
- This is not lynching. Though these sessions often occurred amongst common people, they were regularly organized by the government. However, it isn't a show trial because it is not intended to follow a legal process, but instead is intended as a punishment. Furthermore, the struggle sessions specifically targeted people superficially deemed right-wing during periods such as the Cultural Revolution rather than racial minorities. Struggle sessions also were not intended to kill people but rather to humiliate them. Msonixca (talk) 22:38, 14 May 2026 (UTC)