Mao Tse-Tung (Zedong)
-Tradition in China gave new rulers "Mandate from Heaven"
-Democratic Centralism - Total obedience to the leader (Leninist model)
-The First Plan (5 year plan) - Some aid from USSR, Emphasis on heavy industry
-Like Russia there was a form of collectivization called APC's (Agricultural Producer Co-Operatives)
We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.
-Mao Zedong
I have witnessed the tremendous energy of the masses. On this foundation it is possible to accomplish any task whatsoever.
-Mao Zedong
Although Mao Zedong was a Communist Leader who lead the people to famine and war, he is often looked at as a great lead. He is seen as the person who put everything in place for the modern day superpower to exist.
If Mao had adopted even the slightest bit of capitalism would communist china look different? would it have been seen as a successful governing style?
If Mao had adopted even the slightest bit of capitalism would communist china look different? would it have been seen as a successful governing style?