Chairman Mao Zedong is a case study in good intentions going straight to hell when power and narcissism combine. In yet another episode of "This Old Narcissist", we look at the rise of the Communist Party in the People's Republic of China and how sparrows are clearly the harbingers of all bad luck so we should destroy them.

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Opening and closing music: "A Magical Journey Through Space" by Leonell Cassio, licensed under a Creative Commons License.

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