and about mao and the cultural revoultion, the great leap
forward, do remember his popularity was attributed to strong
nationalism against invading japs so they effectively put him into
power. Otherwise chiang kai-shek would have formed government.
although just as cruel and great at making wrong decisions, that
would've enabled American aid, marshall dollars and effectively a
democratic china because Washinton was a hundred percent behind
him.
Do u know that the then soviet backed CCP took Chiang kai shek to
russia and take him as a threat to Chiang. It kidnapping.
So what is wrong with america backed regime, japan, south korea,
taiwan, and even singapore took the america democratic approach and
today we are flourishing, look at china, if chiang is to take over
rather than the ccp, long long they are already an economy free
power house. And for Mao, the long march for him was on sedan carry
by men in bare foot, his great leap was the worst policy in the
world of history that many suffer just because of him.
