#Thread : The Bloody History of #Communism - Chapter 2: People’s Republic of #China (PRC) and #Cambodia
#MaoZedong, the founding father of the People’s Republic of China, ruled China as the chairman of the #CommunistPartyOfChina...
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#CommunismKills #SocialismKills
#MaoZedong, the founding father of the People’s Republic of China, ruled China as the chairman of the #CommunistPartyOfChina...
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#CommunismKills #SocialismKills
...from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976.
Ideologically a #Marxist– #Leninist, his theories, military strategies, & political policies are collectively known as #Maoism.
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Ideologically a #Marxist– #Leninist, his theories, military strategies, & political policies are collectively known as #Maoism.
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Based on the Soviets' experience, #Mao considered violence to be necessary in order to achieve an ideal society that would be derived from #Marxism and as a result he planned & executed violence on a grand scale.
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According to the official statistics from the #CommunistParty of China and the #ChineseGovernment in 1954, some 1.3 million people were imprisoned and 712,000 people were executed.
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This Campaign significantly damaged democracy in #China and turned the country into a de facto one-party state.
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The campaign resulted in the political persecution of at least 550,000 people.
The #GreatChineseFamine - the deadliest famine and one of the greatest man-made disasters in human history, killed at least 2 to 3 million people.
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This famine is the best example of the cruel projects of social engineering till date.
It was caused by a combination of radical agricultural changes in regulations imposed by the government, social pressure, economic mismanagement, and natural disasters.
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It was caused by a combination of radical agricultural changes in regulations imposed by the government, social pressure, economic mismanagement, and natural disasters.
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Mao's Red Guards were given carte blanche to abuse and kill people who were perceived to be enemies of the revolution.
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The Cultural Revolution damaged #China's economy and traditional culture, with an estimated death toll ranging from hundreds of thousands to 20 million.
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#TiananmenSquareMassacre
C) #Cambodia
The #KhmerRouge period (1975–1979, refers to the rule of Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Son Sen, Khieu Samphan and the Communist Party of Kampuchea over Cambodia.
These 4 years from 1975 to 1979 saw nearly 1.67 to 1.87 million deaths as the...
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The #KhmerRouge period (1975–1979, refers to the rule of Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Son Sen, Khieu Samphan and the Communist Party of Kampuchea over Cambodia.
These 4 years from 1975 to 1979 saw nearly 1.67 to 1.87 million deaths as the...
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...combined result of political executions, disease, starvation, and forced labor.
Due to the large numbers, the deaths during the rule of the Khmer Rouge are commonly known as the Cambodian genocide.
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Due to the large numbers, the deaths during the rule of the Khmer Rouge are commonly known as the Cambodian genocide.
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The #CambodianGenocide was the systematic persecution and killing of Cambodians by the Khmer Rouge under the leadership of Pol Pot, who radically pushed #Cambodia towards communism.
It resulted in the deaths of 1.5 to 2 million people from 1975 to 1979.
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It resulted in the deaths of 1.5 to 2 million people from 1975 to 1979.
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Martin Shaw described the #CambodianGenocide as "the purest genocide of the #ColdWar era".
Though #Communism has killed huge numbers of people intentionally, even more of its victims have died from starvation as a result of its cruel projects of social engineering.
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Though #Communism has killed huge numbers of people intentionally, even more of its victims have died from starvation as a result of its cruel projects of social engineering.
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Part 1: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
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