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> Yes, it was messy, but hardly bloodier than what the West was doing in the country at the time. Can you expand on this?
by sepositus 1y ago
> Yes, it was messy, but hardly bloodier than what the West was doing in the country at the time.
Can you expand on this?
- thiagoharry 1y agoThe country was completely subjulgated by England, was sacked by several western powers. See the Opium Wars, the unequal treaties, several lands were stolen.
- sepositus 1y agoThanks, but I was looking for an explanation of the "hardly more bloody" comment. I briefly looked up casualties for the things you listed and it's not even remotely close to the deaths attribute to Mao.
- thiagoharry 1y agoI edited the comment. Indeed, by the number of deaths, the last great famines surpass the deaths in war and occupation.
- wordofx 1y ago40m 80m. Does it really matter? It doesn’t change the fact he starved his country while he lived like a king all in the name of making China look better and richer than it was. It also doesn’t change the fact that it wasn’t until China opened up and embraced capitalism and rolled back Mao policies that it actually grew.
- woooooo 1y agoRead up on the Boxer Rebellion, then, if you're looking for large numbers of casualties. Always amazing to me how we're all supposed to be outraged for chinese/Russians who suffered under particular rulers, while also being generally hostile to them as nations and people.
- neves 1y agoSure you know about the most shameful war of all times, right? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars?wprov=sfla1
- sepositus 1y agoYes, it was indeed a shameful war. Bloodier though? Not from my understanding. Happy to be corrected, though.