People’s Republic of China under Mao @ 1966

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People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966

Industry Historical

Mao-era China at the launch of the Cultural Revolution, mobilizing youth, party discipline, and ideological purification against perceived enemies. It scores as malignant because mass politics was routed through leader-centered coercion, social terror, and institutional destruction.

Why this matters: This is a calibration case for ideological mobilization becoming social domination.

Letter grade F Malignant Medium confidence (AI) Rubric gcd-rubric-v1

Final Score -70* F - Malignant

* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.

Base Material8
Bonus+0
Cap35Ownership <= 2 and Governance <= 2
After Cap8
Penalties-78
L
Policy Capture: L for Lobbying

The L badge appears when the Policy Capture penalty is severe. Here, L stands for Lobbying: the policy-capture value is -12, meaning the evidence indicates major private-interest lobbying or policy pressure against workers, customers, citizens, affected communities, democratic accountability, or ecological life.

Evidence: [1] [2] [11]

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Evaluation Overview

F - Malignant

The score turns mainly on Scale Integrity, with the largest penalty coming from Coercive Violence.

Strengths

  • Scale Integrity4/5
  • Extraction1/10
  • Solidarity with the Unemployed1/7

Penalties

  • Coercive Violence-20
  • Human Harm-14
  • Policy Capture-12
  • Debt Peonage-8

Evidence state

  • ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)
  • ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)
  • Linked claims17
  • Direct axis claims17
  • Coverage16/19

Scoring Axes

Axis Score Why this score
Ownership
?
Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control at 10.
0 / 10

The year 1966 captures the moment leader authority turned youth and ideology into coercive instruments.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Historical calibration snapshot for 1966, compared with current and historical directory entries.

Uncertainty
  • No separate axis-specific source was added for this zero/no-credit value in the historical snapshot pass.
Linked evidence
  • context People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966: Britannica describes Mao launching the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976. [1]
  • context People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966: Britannica describes Mao's leadership and national trauma during the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution. [2]
Governance
?
Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic stakeholder control at 10.
0 / 10

The year 1966 captures the moment leader authority turned youth and ideology into coercive instruments.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Historical calibration snapshot for 1966, compared with current and historical directory entries.

Uncertainty
  • No separate axis-specific source was added for this zero/no-credit value in the historical snapshot pass.
Linked evidence
  • People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966: Britannica describes Mao launching the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976. [1]
  • context People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966: Britannica describes Mao's leadership and national trauma during the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution. [2]
Extraction
?
Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured extraction judgment.
1 / 10

The year 1966 captures the moment leader authority turned youth and ideology into coercive instruments.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Historical calibration snapshot for 1966, compared with current and historical directory entries.

Linked evidence
  • context People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966: Britannica describes Mao launching the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976. [1]
  • context People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966: Britannica describes Mao's leadership and national trauma during the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution. [2]
  • People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966 has a year-specific historical finding for extraction based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation. [3]
Labor Sovereignty
?
Worker power: coercive conditions at 0, co-determination or ownership at 7. Employee dissatisfaction matters only when source-backed evidence shows concrete limits on worker agency, such as coercive scheduling, retaliation, wage theft, harassment, unsafe conditions, suppression of worker voice, or extreme turnover.
0 / 7

The year 1966 captures the moment leader authority turned youth and ideology into coercive instruments.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Historical calibration snapshot for 1966, compared with current and historical directory entries.

Uncertainty
  • No separate axis-specific source was added for this zero/no-credit value in the historical snapshot pass.
Linked evidence
  • context People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966: Britannica describes Mao launching the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976. [1]
  • context People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966: Britannica describes Mao's leadership and national trauma during the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution. [2]
Solidarity with the Unemployed
?
Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment, and non-competes.
1 / 7

The year 1966 captures the moment leader authority turned youth and ideology into coercive instruments.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Historical calibration snapshot for 1966, compared with current and historical directory entries.

Linked evidence
  • context People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966: Britannica describes Mao launching the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976. [1]
  • context People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966: Britannica describes Mao's leadership and national trauma during the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution. [2]
  • People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966 has a year-specific historical finding for solidarity unemployed based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation. [4]
Loss-Bearing Fidelity
?
Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and public obligations.
0 / 7

The year 1966 captures the moment leader authority turned youth and ideology into coercive instruments.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Historical calibration snapshot for 1966, compared with current and historical directory entries.

Uncertainty
  • No separate axis-specific source was added for this zero/no-credit value in the historical snapshot pass.
Linked evidence
  • context People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966: Britannica describes Mao launching the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976. [1]
  • context People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966: Britannica describes Mao's leadership and national trauma during the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution. [2]
Market Conduct
?
Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.
1 / 5

The year 1966 captures the moment leader authority turned youth and ideology into coercive instruments.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Historical calibration snapshot for 1966, compared with current and historical directory entries.

Linked evidence
  • context People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966: Britannica describes Mao launching the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976. [1]
  • context People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966: Britannica describes Mao's leadership and national trauma during the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution. [2]
  • People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966 has a year-specific historical finding for market conduct based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation. [5]
Product Integrity
?
Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.
1 / 5

The year 1966 captures the moment leader authority turned youth and ideology into coercive instruments.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Historical calibration snapshot for 1966, compared with current and historical directory entries.

Linked evidence
  • context People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966: Britannica describes Mao launching the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976. [1]
  • context People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966: Britannica describes Mao's leadership and national trauma during the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution. [2]
  • People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966 has a year-specific historical finding for product integrity based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation. [6]
Scale Integrity
?
Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.
4 / 5

The year 1966 captures the moment leader authority turned youth and ideology into coercive instruments.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Historical calibration snapshot for 1966, compared with current and historical directory entries.

Linked evidence
  • context People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966: Britannica describes Mao launching the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976. [1]
  • context People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966: Britannica describes Mao's leadership and national trauma during the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution. [2]
  • People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966 has a year-specific historical finding for scale integrity based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation. [7]

Penalties

Penalty Applied Why this penalty
Human Harm
?
Severity, scale, culpability, vulnerable targets, willful reoffense, reputation laundering, pattern escalation, and time decay. Range: -20 to 0.
-14

The year 1966 captures the moment leader authority turned youth and ideology into coercive instruments.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Historical calibration snapshot for 1966, compared with current and historical directory entries.

Linked evidence
  • context People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966: Britannica describes Mao launching the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976. [1]
  • People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966: Britannica describes Mao's leadership and national trauma during the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution. [2]
  • People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966 has a year-specific historical finding for human harm based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation. [8]
Coercive Violence
?
Direct or institutionally enabled killing, torture, detention abuse, armed repression, forced displacement, violent domination, or nonconsensual crisis-line emergency escalation that exposes callers to confinement or force. Range: -30 to 0.
-20

The year 1966 captures the moment leader authority turned youth and ideology into coercive instruments.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Historical calibration snapshot for 1966, compared with current and historical directory entries.

Linked evidence
  • context People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966: Britannica describes Mao launching the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976. [1]
  • context People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966: Britannica describes Mao's leadership and national trauma during the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution. [2]
  • People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966 has a year-specific historical finding for coercive violence based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation. [9]
Ecological Harm
?
Footprint, trajectory, irreversibility, culpability, and scale, including whether ecological harm is central to the model and continued after credible notice. Range: -30 to 0.
-6

The year 1966 captures the moment leader authority turned youth and ideology into coercive instruments.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Historical calibration snapshot for 1966, compared with current and historical directory entries.

Linked evidence
  • context People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966: Britannica describes Mao launching the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976. [1]
  • context People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966: Britannica describes Mao's leadership and national trauma during the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution. [2]
  • People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966 has a year-specific historical finding for ecological harm based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation. [10]
Policy Capture
?
Private-interest attempts to bend law, regulation, subsidies, taxes, enforcement, trade, labor, safety, competition, environmental, healthcare, housing, surveillance, civil-liberties, or consumer policy against workers, customers, citizens, affected communities, or ecological life. Public-interest advocacy is not penalized merely because it is lobbying. Range: -15 to 0.
-12

The year 1966 captures the moment leader authority turned youth and ideology into coercive instruments.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Historical calibration snapshot for 1966, compared with current and historical directory entries.

Linked evidence
  • context People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966: Britannica describes Mao launching the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976. [1]
  • context People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966: Britannica describes Mao's leadership and national trauma during the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution. [2]
  • People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966 has a year-specific historical finding for policy capture based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation. [11]
Debt Peonage
?
Coercive or structurally inescapable debt systems, including bankruptcy-resistant student debt, compelled servicing relationships, wage or benefit garnishment leverage, distressed-debt buying, debt collection, or refinancing practices that turn education, medical care, housing, household necessity, or public obligation into long-term debtor control. Ordinary transparent lending is not penalized by itself. Range: -12 to 0.
-8

The year 1966 captures the moment leader authority turned youth and ideology into coercive instruments.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Historical calibration snapshot for 1966, compared with current and historical directory entries.

Linked evidence
  • context People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966: Britannica describes Mao launching the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976. [1]
  • context People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966: Britannica describes Mao's leadership and national trauma during the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution. [2]
  • People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966 has a year-specific historical finding for debt peonage based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation. [12]
Youth Capture
?
Manipulative youth-directed marketing, youth-data or attention monetization, collectible/add-on traps, parasocial or identity capture, surprise mechanics, or treating young people as lower-disclosure consumers. Making useful toys or welcoming children is not itself penalized. Range: -5 to 0.
-5

The year 1966 captures the moment leader authority turned youth and ideology into coercive instruments.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Historical calibration snapshot for 1966, compared with current and historical directory entries.

Linked evidence
  • context People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966: Britannica describes Mao launching the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976. [1]
  • context People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966: Britannica describes Mao's leadership and national trauma during the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution. [2]
  • People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966 has a year-specific historical finding for youth capture based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation. [13]
Accountability Opacity
?
Material opacity, reputation laundering, or hidden accountability structures that prevent public accountability. Range: -2 to 0.
-2

The year 1966 captures the moment leader authority turned youth and ideology into coercive instruments.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Historical calibration snapshot for 1966, compared with current and historical directory entries.

Linked evidence
  • context People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966: Britannica describes Mao launching the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976. [1]
  • context People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966: Britannica describes Mao's leadership and national trauma during the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution. [2]
  • People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966 has a year-specific historical finding for disclosure based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation. [14]
Identity Capture
?
Customer pressure, employee pressure, and pervasive identity saturation. Range: -3 to 0.
-3

The year 1966 captures the moment leader authority turned youth and ideology into coercive instruments.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Historical calibration snapshot for 1966, compared with current and historical directory entries.

Linked evidence
  • context People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966: Britannica describes Mao launching the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976. [1]
  • context People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966: Britannica describes Mao's leadership and national trauma during the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution. [2]
  • People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966 has a year-specific historical finding for identity capture based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation. [15]
Surveillance Capture
?
Invasive surveillance, unreasonably non-optional tracking, facial recognition, biometric identification, or AI behavior scanning of customers, workers, bystanders, or the public. Range: -5 to 0.
-5

The year 1966 captures the moment leader authority turned youth and ideology into coercive instruments.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Historical calibration snapshot for 1966, compared with current and historical directory entries.

Linked evidence
  • context People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966: Britannica describes Mao launching the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976. [1]
  • context People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966: Britannica describes Mao's leadership and national trauma during the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution. [2]
  • People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966 has a year-specific historical finding for surveillance capture based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation. [16]
Ideological Disavowal
?
Concealed ideology presented as neutrality, expertise, professional necessity, public-service administration, market inevitability, or non-ideological common sense while exercising power. Range: -3 to 0.
-3

The year 1966 captures the moment leader authority turned youth and ideology into coercive instruments.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Historical calibration snapshot for 1966, compared with current and historical directory entries.

Linked evidence
  • context People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966: Britannica describes Mao launching the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976. [1]
  • context People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966: Britannica describes Mao's leadership and national trauma during the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution. [2]
  • People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966 has a year-specific historical finding for ideological disavowal based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation. [17]

Bonus Credits

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Confidence Basis

Confidence Basis

Confidence is computed from the evidence trail and review state, not typed into the profile by hand.

Medium 71/100

17 verified linked claims 17 direct axis claims 0 disputed claims 16/19 components covered

This confidence label measures the source-backed evidence trail. AI-scaffolded scores remain tentative until human review.

Claim confidence 14/20

17 verified linked claims

Source quality 10/18

Best source per verified claim, weighted by institutional reliability

Direct axis-specific claims 9/18

17 direct claims across 19 active components

Dispute load 12/12

0 disputed claims on this entity

Recency 10/10

Newest accepted timestamp: May 13, 2026

Reviewer status 7/12

Human-reviewed components score higher than AI scaffolding

Component coverage 8/10

16/19 evidence-bearing components have direct support

Evidence State

Evidence State

Profile stateAI draft / human-pending
VerificationUnverified
ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)
ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)
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Claims and Sources

Claims are the evidence record. Each claim needs a source link, axis category, status, confidence level, and timestamp before it can support a score.

* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.
1People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966: Britannica describes Mao launching the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976.

Governance Verified High confidence Human-reviewed

2People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966: Britannica describes Mao's leadership and national trauma during the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution.

Human Harm Verified High confidence Human-reviewed

3People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966 has a year-specific historical finding for extraction based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.

Extraction Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed

4People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966 has a year-specific historical finding for solidarity unemployed based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.

Solidarity Unemployed Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed

5People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966 has a year-specific historical finding for market conduct based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.

Market Conduct Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed

6People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966 has a year-specific historical finding for product integrity based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.

Product Integrity Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed

7People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966 has a year-specific historical finding for scale integrity based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.

Scale Integrity Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed

8People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966 has a year-specific historical finding for human harm based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.

Human Harm Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed

9People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966 has a year-specific historical finding for coercive violence based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.

Coercive Violence Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed

10People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966 has a year-specific historical finding for ecological harm based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.

Ecological Harm Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed

11People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966 has a year-specific historical finding for policy capture based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.

Policy Capture Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed

12People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966 has a year-specific historical finding for debt peonage based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.

Debt Peonage Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed

13People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966 has a year-specific historical finding for youth capture based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.

Youth Capture Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed

14People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966 has a year-specific historical finding for disclosure based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.

Accountability Opacity Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed

15People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966 has a year-specific historical finding for identity capture based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.

Identity Capture Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed

16People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966 has a year-specific historical finding for surveillance capture based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.

Surveillance Capture Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed

17People's Republic of China under Mao @ 1966 has a year-specific historical finding for ideological disavowal based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.

Ideological Disavowal Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed

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