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Published January 13, 2024 | Video Starts at 19:08

Right. But just like any school shut down, what happens? Kids disappear. They get lost. They get out of their habits. Right. Like, bad things happen. And then In communist China, you know, Mao shut down the schools for two [years]. Years, which I didn't know. I didn't know that happened. Yeah, yeah. And so, but when that happens, like, when you, when you upheave the norms and the cultural norms … (19:08–19:13)

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