03-19-2003, 05:31 PM
Quote:Also, I do not understand the reasoning behind placing him under the category of a "bloodthirsty tyrant".
Ignorant? Sir, this is quite enough.
Mao Zedong was the founder of the Communist Party in China. He was also one of the most incompetent and ironfisted men to rule that country, and is almost singlehandedly responsible for China's disfunctionality during the latter half of the last century.
Why is Mao Zedong in this group (tyrants)?
HAHAHAHAH!!!!
My parents lived in China when Mao was in power. You could not speak against him. Those that did were publically humiliated, tortured, sent to the country for hard labor, or just killed on the spot. My mother's best friend had this happen to her father. Hell, my father's parents were sent to the countryside to almost starve to death. But no, his "tyranny" is just American propaganda. Mao was just a *really* nice guy with some political issues.
Please.
During the 1960's, he conducted a "Cultural Revolution", which was a campaign of death and destruction against anyone who so much as appeared educated. He had some sort of bullsh*t explaination for all this, saying that the "educated intimidated the poor" and that they needed to be taken out. Great idea Mao, find the smartest, most capable people in your country and kill them.
His solution to China's disfunctional economy (other than NOT killing anyone who was competent, eh?) was to grow the population beyond its capacity and to halt *ALL* production and rely on defeating American dominance with one product: Steel.
Oh wait, we don't have any factories. So be a good Chinese person and melt down ALL your steel in your BACKYARD and send it to the government.
Should I go on?
Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.