"Marxism consists of thousands of truths, but these truths can be summarized in the statement: It is right to rebel against reactionaries" Mao Zedong Although Mao Zedong is known for bringing together the people of China before, during, and after the Chinese communist revolution, he actually caused mass economic disaster and was responsible for the death of tens of millions of innocent people. Mao had several good ideas that can be rationalized to some extent …showed first 75 words of 1342 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1342 total…way to do it. It was because of this, Mao's choices in the way he commanded respect and the ways he went about getting his way, that lead him to cause the deaths of so many innocent people and bring about mass political and economic destruction. "The official view of the People's Republic of China is that Mao Zedong was a great revolutionary leader who made serious mistakes in his later life" (Wikipedia "Mao Zedong" 1).