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Mao Zedong Part 2: The ‘Great Leap Forward’

Real Dictators

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Starvation as a Tool of Control

Starvation is not merely the absence of food, but a deliberate tool of punishment used against those who do not obey commands. Famine in Tibet was not due to bad harvest or weather, but a result of party policies imposed by Mao to control regions and impose death as a consequence for non-compliance.

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