Happy Learn From Lei Feng Day

Today, 5th of March, is... "Learn from Lei Feng Day"(学雷锋日), since 1963." Interested in the intrigue art of propaganda? Meet the grandfather of political propaganda mascot, Lei Feng (雷鋒). While Captain America will always be remembered as the outright propaganda mascot(they called it "Patriot") who don't just literally wear his ideals to his sleeves but his whole freaking costume, Lei Feng is the Out-And-Out real freaking deal, a living, kicking personification of Maoism and Communist Socialism. Or is he? Talks of Lei Feng being an utter creation to promote Mao's Cult of Personality had been around since way back. Born in Wangcheng, Hunan (near the Town of Leifeng, Changsha, Hunan, named in his honour), Lei was orphaned at an early age and raised under the wings of the Communist Party. He became a member in the Communist youth corps when he was young and joined a transportation unit of the People's Liberation Army at the age of twenty. Lei died in 1962 at the age of 21, when a telephone pole, struck by an army truck, hit him while he was directing the truck in backing up. After Lei's death, his diary was published, and Lei was built up as a good example to the Chinese people to be cheerfully selfless and noble in thought. That is, on the basis on the strength of this particular propanganda, which in short, equals to most probably make-believes. Even if this figure did existed, the background must had been heavily edited. While fanfare had most definitely diminished in this time and age, there are still many serious following, judging from my earlier entry where an online game was actually created. By the by, check the man out in his favourite past-time activity. Damn this is a Wacko who seemingly gets a kick out of wiping a car bonnets.