He broke a few extra eggs to make the omelette, ergo 30% bad and 70% good, but the alternative is no omelette. Mao's track record is fine for someone who decide

He broke a few extra eggs to make the omelette, ergo 30% bad and 70% good, but the alternative is no omelette. Mao's track record is fine for someone who decided to pivot hard to tackle extremely challenging problems to setup country on path for development. The alternative is stagnation from not making those decisions which could magnify into existential risks. It's national restructuring. Stagnation, to stay on topic is what too many in managerial class are content with. People fixate over deaths and human costs, I'm sure there's crass observation on nature of human capita somewhere. Don't get me wrong, GLP was clearly excessive, preventable since it was an human problem (bad communication, logitistics). Mao was a bad manager / statesman who pursued right high level goals with enough charisma to propel PRC to next level. All while pitting employees with managers against each other and playing power games to cover his ass and protect his status. Which is probably as close reflection to modern corporate house of cards as one can get.