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Communist governments have usually attracted intellectuals to higher levels of power -- the results so far haven't been uplifting.

No they don't. The Chinese cultural revolution has almost extinguished the intellectual class before ending. I don't recall a single scientist in The Soviet Union Politburo. Do you have any examples for your "usually", beyond this particular incarnation of the Chinese government?



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