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Yeah. It's important to remember that Mao killed between 15 and 55 million of his own people during the GLF and he still managed to claw his way back to power w
by pcwalton 5y ago
Yeah. It's important to remember that Mao killed between 15 and 55 million of his own people during the GLF and he still managed to claw his way back to power with the Cultural Revolution a few years later.
- tenpies 5y agoThis is not specific to Mao. Even in democracies, the people often vote against their own interests or often compromise on fundamentally important issues for the sake of luxury beliefs or in-group approval.
- chii 5y ago> the people often vote against their own interests the people who died under mao aren't the ones who voted for the policies that lead to them dying.
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