>Many people were killed in China, of starvation, political punishment, etc. It should be an object lesson to the world, don't turn your government over to a co

>Many people were killed in China, of starvation, political punishment, etc. It should be an object lesson to the world, don't turn your government over to a corrupt dictatorship, even if they promise you communism. When Mao's government began, it was very far from a corrupt dictatorship. I've actually never seen anyone say Mao was corrupt, personally, and it's arguable that the thousands of years of Chinese history prior to Mao had been corrupt dictatorships.