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betacon said:
hunter_alien said:

Well no. Mao did make some horrible mistakes, that cost the lives of millions, and there was real persecution in the country as well, but he was the one who made the Chinese miracle a possibility. Never in the history of the world have we seen more people lifted out from poverty in such a short time. And let's face it, they proved that controlled capitalism can be done, so yeah, for their respective nations Mao is without a doubt a more positive influence on the nation than Hitler. 

Mao didnt lift China out of anything, 88% of the population was still in extreme poverty in the early 80's, Hitler raised a broken nation where a wheelbarrow full of money couldn't buy you anything, into the worlds superpower within in a decade it doesnt mean he was a good leader. Please China had an agree or die policy like North Korea does now.

I never said he lifted them out of the poverty but his groundwork made it possible. Hitler might have done that, sure, but he managed to ruin it all in 3-4 years, with half the world to follow. This is obviously not the case with China.

Also, I wonder how many people survived nazi persecution, when they stood up against its propaganda machine... Considering Dachau, probably not many.



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