Today we're looking at Mao Zedong, or Mao Tse-tung if you're going by Wade-Giles instead of Pinyin romanizationMao Zedong (12/26/1893 - 9/9/1976), was a communist revolutionary, political theorist, and founder of the People's Republic of China. He is, debatably, the most influential person from China in the 20th century.Some notable feats or facts include>Born to a wealthy father who would beat him and a devout Buddhist mother>Dropped out of school and refused an arranged marriage at age 13, disgracing the 17-year old bride. She would die of dysentery three years later>Inspired by Washington, Bonaparte, and later Sun Yat-sen. >Dropped out of multiple higher education institutions and educated himself. Found Marxism while working as a librarian at Peking University>Founding member of the CCP in 1921>During the Chinese Civil War, helped found the Red Army and developed guerilla tactics>Became leader of the CCP in 1935 during the Long March, a 6k mile retreat to Shanxi >Allied with the Kuomingtang to fight Japan in 1937 but resumed the Civil War after 1945. Won the civil war in 1949>Had bowel problems and his wife was trained to stick a finger up his ass to fix them. Refused to use toilets during WW2 as he thought they were unhealthy and pooped outside in holes in the ground. Was begged to stop after the war>Became chairman of the CCP from 1943 until his death, chairman of China from 1954 until his death>Soviets bugged his toilet in Moscow so they could steal his feces and psychoanalyze him>Led the Land Reform Movement, the Campaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries, popularized the Five-Year Plan, and saved North Korea in the Korean War.>Briefly tried to liberalize with the Hundred Flower Campaign by asking people to be honest to him with criticism. Later got annoyed by constant critiquing and started killing people who were critical>Dragged Chinese agriculture and industry kicking and screaming into the 20th century with the Great Leap Forward>1/2
>>18686938>Poor policies and planning resulted in the Great Chinese Famine, leaving between 15 - 46 million dead>Greatly improved standards of living for many Chinese in spite of the above issues. Life expectancy and population doubled, education and literacy improved>Labor demands were supported with prison labor camps. Mass executions of political opponents were common>Launched the Cultural Revolution and founded the Red Guard, resulting in widespread local violence, destruction of cultural heritage, and the founding of his cult of personality. Red Guard later disbanded and members sent to learn from rural workers >Cult of personality became so severe that in one instance factory workers began worshiping some mangoes he brought back from Pakistan. When anyone pointed out this was stupid, they were often violently punished.>Had China replace Taiwan on the world stage and at the UN during the 1970’s. Hated Stalin and relations with Russia broke down post-WW2>Refused to fly on an airplane. Excellent calligraphy and loved swimming. Claimed to be able to swim a mile in one minute >Unbelievably bad hygiene. Did not bathe or brush his teeth. Wiped down with damp cloth and chewed tea leaves instead. >Had at least one parasitic STD and did nothing to prevent spreading it. Believed sex with women cleansed his body of them>Had a 14-year-old concubine when he was 68. Also had a giant harem of concubines. Quoted as saying “I bathe myself in the body of women” >Got mad at Stalin so he held a meeting with Khruschev in the middle of a swimming pool because he knew they couldn't swim. >Opened relations with the USA and Nixon in 1972. Offered the USA 10 million women in trade. >When he died, his last wishes were to be cremated. Body is now on permanent display at a mausoleum in Beijing>Summarized by Deng Xiaoping as 70% right, 30% wrong>2/2 Link to previous thread: >>18684739
true psychopath
Where would the world even be without the existence of Mao Tse-Tung thought?
What kind of bowel problems can be fixed by someone sticking a finger up your ass?
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>>18686938>Allied with the Kuomingtang to fight Japan in 1937 Very debateable. The communists held back from fighting the fascists. The overwhelming bulk of the fighting was done by the KMT. A major reason why the communists could later secure victory over the KMT post-ww2.>>18686941>Hated Stalin and relations with Russia broke down post-WW2Extremely vague and misleading. He actually had good relations with Stalin. It was Khruschev he didnt like because Khruschev was a reformer and thus "betrayed communism", also Khruschev wanted to co-exist with the west while Mao wanted world revolution and ww3. Ironic since after Khruschev called Mao a dangerous mad dog, Mao went off to form relations with the west just to oppose the USSR.
>>18687123>Very debateable. The communists held back from fighting the fascists.You have things backward. The KMT put their best units on the border of Shanxi because Chiang, even during the invasion by Japan, still thought that communists were the biggest threat. This in turned forced the communists to waste manpower guarding their border against their own ally.>The overwhelming bulk of the fighting was done by the KMTYeah, because the KMT owned the overwhelming majority of the country. It wasn't a question of will.
>>18686941>>Had a 14-year-old concubine when he was 68. Also had a giant harem of concubines. Quoted as saying “I bathe myself in the body of women”Is there a source for this? This was the only thing that was news to me in this post
>>18687144Her name is Chen Luwen
>>18687144Chinese and little girl sex is wild. To this day those yellow muppets don't even hide it.
bro was called donglolding dong :)
>>18686938Mao Tse-Tung Tung Tung Sahur
>>18686938>Had bowel problems and his wife was trained to stick a finger up his ass to fix them. Refused to use toilets during WW2 as he thought they were unhealthy and pooped outside in holes in the ground. Was begged to stop after the war>>Unbelievably bad hygiene. Did not bathe or brush his teeth. Wiped down with damp cloth and chewed tea leaves instead.>Had at least one parasitic STD and did nothing to prevent spreading it. Believed sex with women cleansed his body of themUmmm based ???
>>18687260The secret lives of men.I'd buy a book of this shit.
>>18687277Early Modern Europe material would be wild !
>>18686938I love class collaborationism
Mao was the CCP's designated peasant retard who was useful during the civil war because he knew how to talk to peasants, but postwar his usefulness diminished and the party tried to sideline him.
>>18687144>>18687207We basically only have her word and the word of a related HK dissident who were both weapons smugglers. Her account of the situation is also pretty lurid. She said he was voracious sexually but was also a great lover and satisfied her constantly. The whole thing seems kind of farfetched.
>>18687344true but it is well documented he had a harem
>>18687355Mainly just Dr. Li Zhisui and Jung Chang, who both had an axe to grind.Although honestly it wouldn't surprise me. Dude was old and resting on his laurels.
>Having studied the Confucian classics in school as a boy, Mao came to detest them and instead preferred popular novels such as The Dream of the Red Chamber.[3]
>>18687044hello Sarah Paine
>>18686938>>Inspired by Washington, Bonaparte, and later Sun Yat-sen.Mao is honorable Freemason after all.
>>18687344>noooooo my wholesome commie dictator killed tens of millions of people but he never ever fucked an underage girl!the absolute state of westoid leftoids
>>18688583Trump fucks kids btw
>>18688603Chinese men are never pedophiles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye2tcKzo39A
>>18688583I don't care if he was fucking cunny lol. You just have to take these dissident testimonies with a grain of salt.I also don't fully believe that woman who claims Castro seduced her down from killing him for the same reason.
>>18689340The hard part with picking out the truth when it comes to people like Mao is there's basically two accountsThe first being the Mao glazing because it's China and roasting him is basically illegalThe second being the rare dissident opinion without much in the way of other sources backing it up because see the firstMakes picking out the facts like going outside to try and dodge rain
Imagine if he wasn't such an asshole and actually tried to improve China without killing a shit ton of people through incompetence and lack of foresight
