Archive for October 1st, 2009
Mao: from mass murder to the market
Posted by John, October 1st, 2009 - under Revolution, State capitalism.
Tags: Capitalism, China, Chinese Communist Party
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The triumph of mass murderer Mao Zedong was not the victory of socialism; it was the victory of a de-classed peasant army headed by intellectuals and others parading as ‘communists’ over warlord capitalism. Mao proceeded to build capitalism in the backward country, using Stalinism in Russia as his model. This saw the state concentrate capital in its own hands, forcing […]