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He distinguishes Lenin's contribution as accelerating revolution through a party and Mao's contribution as building a peasant uprising under communist legitimacy rather than a worker-led Marxist revolution.
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He distinguishes Lenin's contribution as accelerating revolution through a party and Mao's contribution as building a peasant uprising under communist legitimacy rather than a worker-led Marxist revolution.
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He says Mao used communism for legitimacy, Soviet support, rapid industrialization, and national sovereignty, and that U.S. embargo pressure helped push Mao fully into the communist camp.
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Jiang says Mao's concern for national sovereignty ultimately led to the Sino-Soviet split in 1957.
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Jiang says Stalin's victory changed human history by making Mao, communist China, and modern China possible; communism was not inevitable and might have been destroyed by capitalists without World War II.
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"Okay, so China is an interesting example, because when Marx was examining the world, the two places he didn't really consider are Russia and..."
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"...help the, the process, okay? So, that was Lenin's contribution. And Mao is like, no, you don't even need workers, okay? You can have..."
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"...what's important to understand is that, at this time in history, Mao was trying to actually work with the United States as well, okay?..."
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"Mao, what was important is national sovereignty, and that's what ultimately led to the Sino -Soviet split in 1957, okay? Does that make sense?..."
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"...history. Because without this war, without Stalin winning, there'll be no Mao Zedong. There'll be no communist China. There'll be no new China. There'll..."
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"...generation emerged some of the greatest leaders in Chinese history, including Mao Zedong, including including Daxioping. And they came into office in 1949, making..."
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"...rise. You know, Daxioping reached out to the Americans, Jimmy Carter. Mao Zedong welcomed Richard Nixon to Beijing. In the 1980s, start this massive..."
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"...So, yeah, that's fair enough. But, you know, when you mentioned Mao Zedong, I have to go back. I'll read a quote from Mao..."
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"...think for China, when China is officially recognized as a country, Mao Zedong said that we need to pursue communism and abandon capitalism, but..."
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"...is God's will, right? Okay? How can we explain in China, Mao Zedong, who's this peasant, he was able to win this war and..."
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"...some. So the people who led the Chinese Revolution, people like Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, they were not poor people. They didn't..."
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"...prior, he would have been a civil servant. Same thing for Mao Zedong, right? By the time that Mao Zedong became a university student,..."
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