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Revolutionary war isn't always bad. Mao believed what he was doing was right, so he sought to change it.

Take this Mao quote for example:

“Revolutionary war is an antitoxin that not only eliminates the enemy's poison but also purges us of our own filth. Every just, revolutionary war is endowed with tremendous power and can transform many things or clear the way for their transformation.”

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They were both evil. Their own visions blinded them

from the truth. After all, that is how most wars are

caused.

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He didn't have to take over.

He was trying his hardest to work

with them. They turned on Mao.

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And took over the nationalists

to become a selfish leader.

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Not true. He did join the

army in 1911 and created the Chinese

Communist Party in 1921.

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You mean nothing

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So he's made a few mistakes.

What about the good he's done

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That didn't mean he had to turn

China into a dictatorship. "Political power

grows out of the barrel of a gun." does that

sound like a hero to you?

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The Chinese were already mad.

They would've revolted if he

didn't keep order.

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,But one thing that does make you

a hero is admitting your mistakes.

He tried to hide his mistakes by launching

the cultural revolution, which killed anyone

that opposed Mao. He even got children involved

by creating the Red Guard, further hiding his mistakes.

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Heroes make mistakes. No human

is mistake free.

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By that you mean how he

issued the Great Leap Forward,

which caused millions of farmers

to die of famine because they had

no reason to work.

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Action speaks louder than words, so

lets focus on what he has done.

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Mao clearly means that he wants

the citizens to work for him

and his nation. All of his work

was just for his desire.

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Mao can not be considered selfish after you've heard this quote. “At no time and in no circumstances should a Communist place his personal interests first; he should subordinate them to the interests of the nation and of the masses."

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Look at the last line. "China's future belongs to you."

It comes after "The world belongs to you." This indicates that Mao

thought that the world was more important than him. Selfishness

is a sign of being evil.

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Like I said, there are many interpretations, and that one doesn't seem accurate

according to this quote.

“The world is yours, as well as ours, but in the last analysis, it is yours.

You young people, full of vigor and vitality, are in the bloom of life, like the sun at eight or nine in the morning.

Our hope is placed on you.  The world belongs to you. China's future belongs to you.”

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Or, maybe he didn't want the children

to be smart enough to realize who this

man was when he was in power. That still

makes him evil.

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That quote could have many interpretations.

He could have just meant that knowing too

much could hurt yourself.

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A man who says "To read too many books is harmful"

clearly doesn't care about education.

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He was simply trying to find an education.

Where was he supposed to find it if he

was forced to work full time on a farm.

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Well let's first look at his early life.

He ran away from his home in 1909.

How does that make him a hero?

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How can you say that.

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What!? Mao was a tyrant with a

twisted up mind

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Mao was a revolutionary leader and a hero.

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Was he a hero or a villain?

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Mao was a selfish ruler and a

tyrant

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Mao was clearly a revolutionary

leader and someone to be

recognized

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If you think like that then you can not

truly focus on life because you are too focused on your goals. If you focus on one thing, then nothing else will happen in your life. This is the true pathway to evil.

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"If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself. If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution." Nothing would ever change in China if Mao hadn't taken action.

He had to make it happen. His goals were his enemies that he had to crush.

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He always mentions the enemy as if

there was always an enemy."Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." A true hero thinks about friends, not enemies