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The Appeal of Maoism
There was a tendency in what's called among left intellectuals, late 60s, early 70s, to flirt with Maoism. One of the things that the Maoist policies did was save 100 million people. But this is not why people on the left flirted with Maoism; they had all sorts of confused ideas about Maoism. In fact, if you want the most enthusiastic Maoist in the country, his name happens to be Henry Kissinger. He adored Mao and worshipped him.