• LibsEatPoop [any]
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    176 months ago

    You don’t have to imagine. Without Mao, China would be like India.

    They both had been through a century or more of oppression and/or colonization resulting in the complete destruction of their economy, literacy, health etc. In 1947 and 1949, they were in very similar conditions.

    And look at the difference between the two since then.

    So, you don’t have to imagine. The world would be worse off. Now, if you had a Red India…