[lbo-talk] A Call from the Maoists of Iran

[Chris Doss]

>From: Thomas Seay <entheogens at yahoo.com>

>Chiang,

>Mao once said that Stalin was 85% good, 15% bad.  That
>should be some indication of his orientation, no?  Or
>do you defend Stalin as well?
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Well, that opinion is rather widespread in Russia. You can make a perfectly 
rational cost-benefit analysis and argue that Stalin was good for the 
country (note that you cannot do so with Hitler). I don't agree with it, but 
people who make the argument are hardly kooky and they do have a lot of good 
points.

What is Mao's popularity in China? Does anybody know?

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