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Saya · 06-09-2011, 08:35 PM

My Chinese prof taught us that Mao's influence was slipping, so thats why he used the Red Guard. Was it really to prevent China from slipping into capitalism or was it to regain power and influence? Was shutting down schools and universities necessary to revolution? Was the genocide of Tibetans, Mongolians and Muslims in any way justifiable? If it was to democratize the revolution, why did Mao betray the Red Guard in the end, have the PLA crush them, send them into rural farms to learn "good communist values"?

I'm not saying the dude didn't have good ideas, especially early on, but he did grow to be a power thirsty dictator.

And while women's liberation did have a huge part to do with the revolution and the hatred for Confuscianism, foot binding was already banned in 1912, the Communists were probably stricter about it, true.

06-09-2011, 08:35 PM	#14
Saya Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 9,548	My Chinese prof taught us that Mao's influence was slipping, so thats why he used the Red Guard. Was it really to prevent China from slipping into capitalism or was it to regain power and influence? Was shutting down schools and universities necessary to revolution? Was the genocide of Tibetans, Mongolians and Muslims in any way justifiable? If it was to democratize the revolution, why did Mao betray the Red Guard in the end, have the PLA crush them, send them into rural farms to learn "good communist values"? I'm not saying the dude didn't have good ideas, especially early on, but he did grow to be a power thirsty dictator. And while women's liberation did have a huge part to do with the revolution and the hatred for Confuscianism, foot binding was already banned in 1912, the Communists were probably stricter about it, true.