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In Communism, deviationism is an expressed belief which is not in accordance with official party doctrine for the time and area. This article is about communism as a form of society and as a popular movement. ...

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	During the turmoil, the punishment for failing to produce the book upon being asked would range from being beaten on the spot by Red Guards to being given years of hard-labor imprisonment.
	After the end of the Cultural Revolution in 1976 and the rise of Deng Xiaoping in 1978, the importance of the book waned considerably, and the glorification of Mao's quotations was considered to be left deviationism and a cult of personality.
	In fact, the book is worth no more than a piece of memorabilia today.

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