RedMarxist
10th May 2011, 00:00
Was Mao Zedong really a murderous monster as people say that he is/was. I've read much of his writings and he doesn't come off as a brutal dictator. In fact, I find his childhood/life autobiography very inspiring.
I read a great article on the Great Leap Forward(can't find it though) that briefly mentioned that when learing about the famine, he refused to eat meat and made sure his daughter got equal servings of food like everyone else. He also showed, or seemed to show, great concern for the wellbeing of his people. And not to mention the fact that he united mainland China, which many tried and failed to do.
If what the Black Book of Communism says is true(and I am skeptical of it's accuracy), then Mao is responsible for millions of millions of Chinese deaths. According to the book Mao is held directly responsible for the famine because of his policies, which the black book asserts justifies the claim that he killed tens of millions of his own people(but was it deliberate or error in judgment?)
Anyways, btw, if I had to decide what kind of communist I am, I'd, for better of for worse, have to say that I adhere to Maoism or at least recently, regardless of wheter Mao was "worse then Hitler" or not. His writings are so interesting, so revolutionary. :)
I read a great article on the Great Leap Forward(can't find it though) that briefly mentioned that when learing about the famine, he refused to eat meat and made sure his daughter got equal servings of food like everyone else. He also showed, or seemed to show, great concern for the wellbeing of his people. And not to mention the fact that he united mainland China, which many tried and failed to do.
If what the Black Book of Communism says is true(and I am skeptical of it's accuracy), then Mao is responsible for millions of millions of Chinese deaths. According to the book Mao is held directly responsible for the famine because of his policies, which the black book asserts justifies the claim that he killed tens of millions of his own people(but was it deliberate or error in judgment?)
Anyways, btw, if I had to decide what kind of communist I am, I'd, for better of for worse, have to say that I adhere to Maoism or at least recently, regardless of wheter Mao was "worse then Hitler" or not. His writings are so interesting, so revolutionary. :)