twisted up mind

He ran away from his home in 1909.

How does that make him a hero?

Where was he supposed to find it if he 

was forced to work full time on a farm.

clearly doesn't care about education.

He could have just meant that knowing too

much could hurt yourself.

to be smart enough to realize who this

man was when he was in power. That still

makes him evil.

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.”

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.

the citizens to work for him

and his nation. All of his work

was just for his desire.

lets focus on what he has done.

issued the Great Leap Forward,

which caused millions of farmers

to die of famine because they had

no reason to work.

is mistake free.

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.

They would've revolted if he

didn't keep order.

China into a dictatorship. "Political power

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

sound like a hero to you?

What about the good he's done

army in 1911 and created the Chinese

Communist Party in 1921.

to become a selfish leader.

He was trying his hardest to work

with them. They turned on Mao.

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

caused.

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.”

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

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

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.

leader and someone to be

recognized

tyrant