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Totally untrue. For a simple existence disproof: compare Mao's policies with those of his successors. One would be very hard pressed to claim that revolution or
by jessedhillon 14y ago
Totally untrue. For a simple existence disproof: compare Mao's policies with those of his successors. One would be very hard pressed to claim that revolution or uprising caused the shift from hard enactment of anti-Western Marxism (the Cultural Revolution being the quintessential example of this) to what they have now (essentially, command capitalism.)
- jacquesm 14y agoThat's not entirely true either. The threat of a revolution can be just as effective as an actual revolution if the leaders are sensitive to it. Having a billion people to feed that might get very upset with you some day is a good reason to change, I think a real revolution in China would have been inevitable if they had not changed course. It came close enough as it was.