Earth can support well over 8 billion. UN study. The conspiracy is the minority who cannot control 8 billion sovereigns. - Conspiracies

Earth can support well over 8 billion. UN study. The conspiracy is the minority who cannot control 8 billion sovereigns. (archive.org)

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– Mad_King_Kalak 1 point 2 years ago +1 / -0

Yes, the "Great Leap Forward" did result is a mass starvation and death situation, but you said Mao took power with popular support, when it'd be more correct to say that he took power because his armies won more battles.

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– Mrexreturns 1 point 2 years ago +2 / -1

Because of popular support, he consolidated unlimited power.

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– Mad_King_Kalak 3 points 2 years ago +3 / -0

"Political power flows out of the barrel of a gun" - Mao

Mao had the guns, the regular people didn't, and this is China, a country where obedience to authority is inculcated via Confucian values culturally for millennia.

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