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I get the feeling that the public consciousness in the West may still be underestimating and excusing a dismal regime. Typically I hear, "but the CCP lifted a
by etaioinshrdlu 5y ago
I get the feeling that the public consciousness in the West may still be underestimating and excusing a dismal regime.
Typically I hear, "but the CCP lifted a billion people out of poverty!"
- sidibe 5y agoThe Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution, also achieved by the same party, put them at such an artificially low point it was impossible not to spring back impressively eventually.
- bogomipz 5y agoI don't understand your comment, especially in relation to the OP's comment that you responding to. The West generally doesn't have a very high regard for the CCP or many of their policies. Your quote is attributable to the CCP I believe and I think more recently to Xi himself. Who do you hear that from exactly? The Chinese people lifted themselves out of poverty when the CCP abandoned some of Mao's more disastrous economic policies.
- LAC-Tech 5y ago
- Stevvo 5y ago"but the CCP lifted a billion people out of poverty!". Whilst this is the linchpin of the party's propaganda machine, it is a true statement.