The answer would be yes. Modern democracy has the Athenians and Pericles to thank for bringing the ideas to fruition.
Mao's Red Guards started harassing Chinese intellectuals who supported capitalism
Mao's Red Guards ensured that all schools in China taught from Mao's Little Red Book.
You had federal deductions during your income period.
Didn't it last for like 500, idk that's what I saw on google