> I'm ex sort of quasi-Maoist myself, many years back. We know more than we
> did then. In those days, lots of reputable info on Maoist China made it
look
> better than it was. Mind you, despite his (and the CCP's) crimes,
> insanities, and errors, the accomplishments of Maoist China were
> considerable . . .
Yeah, he, like Stalin, brought parts of his country into the modern world, fed many while starving others, rewarded those who were not deemed Enemies of the State and executed. I concede all that; just like I concede that Hitler and the National Socialists helped to pull Germany out of poverty and gave the Fatherland a new sense of purpose after the humiliation of Versailles. Of course millions perished in the process, though in Mao's (and Stalin's) case, the body count was far higher than Nazi Germany's. Yet he's seen by some as a hero of the left. Whatever.
DP