Reactionaries Are Paper Tigers

[@iamjoeysteel]

Women hold up half the sky

[@LadyIzdihar]

Funny story I heard someone say this in an Islamic class I attend weekly, he then goes “I’m pretty sure the prophet pbuh said that!” People out here accidentally quoting mao thinking it’s the prophet Muhammad pbuh 😂 I think he meant “your spouse is half your deen” easy mistake 💀

[@iamjoeysteel]

@LadyIzdihar I had not known the word "deen" until now, but I like its meaning. Mao was, I think, much more vocal than many communists about women and their struggle. His Little Red Book has a lot of quotes on the topic. He mentions that all workers have 3 chains that hold them down, and all women have 4 or something to that effect. He wrote and spoke in such simple ways as to speak to the poorest of China that his words easily carried far outside of it.

[@theheadshot45]

You don't need to only cover the USSR... In fact, I would *prefer* it if you made more content on the DPRK, Cuba, Viet Nam, Laos, and China.

[@semilorekaji-hausa2078]

This!

[@jarekkish5515]

All countries that have strayed far from the Leninist path.

[@geobot9k]

​@@jarekkish5515 Where are you from?

[@jarekkish5515]

@@geobot9k Where are you from?

[@geobot9k]

@@jarekkish5515 I ask because you seem like a US chauvinist

[@Sasha-trans-fenix]

I would love to see you make more content about Mao’s China too! Now I do realise that this may not be in your field of study but that time period is imo just as interesting as the USSR and I think it would pair up pretty well with your current content. Also happy birthday!

[@LadyIzdihar]

Yeah unfortunately my only understanding of Mao's china comes through Anna's work. So it's very one dimensional, still lots of interesting humanizing accounts of Mao as a person given they were friends!

[@TheLeonardoPontes]

​@@LadyIzdihar Exactly, it still is an unexplored perspective 🤩

[@My-nl6sg]

The PRC is certainly a very interesting topic, however it is indeed a very different place from the USSR

[@Streetpartymarty]

I've come to your channel via The Deprogram podcast. Just want to say I love what you're doing and please keep up the fantastic work.

[@comrade4792]

It’s necessary to study Mao’s works and contributions now more than ever!!

[@ruby-bruja6923]

Thank you so much, comrade. thank you for your revolutionary optimism.

[@williamterry8316]

Thanks!

[@anglo-irishbolshevik3425]

Wonderful Comrade. You're doing such great work bringing us very interesting material.

[@felipejose8834]

Classe trabalhadora do Brasil, dê a ordem

[@Octoberfurst]

Love those comments from Mao! I am going to get that book! His words gave me hope in a world that seems to be rushing headlong into world fascism. Thank you for this!

[@Raph42O]

Long Live Chairman Mao!!!! Down with Imperialism!!!

[@BrasilPopular]

Excellent content! Red salute from Brazil comrade!

[@pottedrodenttube]

The people hold the true power, nothing has changed, only rebranded.

[@LittLizard]

Comrade, I learned about your channel through a Brazilian channel called "História Pública" he's a Brazilian marxist-lenninist speaker about Communism and I would like to know that if I could subtitle your videos and how would be best suited to do so, thank you very much for your work, I got chills listening to Mao's answer.

[@justicasempre8074]

Excelente vídeo, saudações do Brasil camarada Izdihar!

[@gabrielzanotelli108]

Discovered your channel by Ian Neves, a Brazilian communist KZbinr, recommendation and I'm loving it!! A big hug from your Brazilians comrades!!

[@krzysz5023]

Your videos are always so delightful and positive. Thank you for revitalizing my hope

[@temerianlillies]

It's always a joy when i get a notification for an upload from you. Also very good video! It's always nice to see you both talk about something/someone you know while it being about a topic you're not that familiar with.

[@asloncardoso1215]

Saudaçoes do BRASIL

[@elonmusksellssnakeoil1744]

We will not complain about more Mao videos, comrade.

[@lars1588]

I like your username lol.

[@elonmusksellssnakeoil1744]

@@lars1588 Cheers!

[@Neadunkel]

Asalaam Aleikum comrade. It’s nice to have a Muslim/communist KZbin channel to watch. They are few and far between, and your videos are of high quality too! Keep ‘‘em coming!

[@joaogracindo1997]

came here after indication from a brazilian marxist-leninist youtuber. great work comrade!

[@valentin_din_romania]

Whenever I hear "reactionaries are paper tigers" my mind always goes to Godard's La Chinoise movie

[@achopes]

Thanks for the content

[@qymeanjaishelaal1731]

Two incredibly inspiring characters! Great work, comrade!

[@happy-go-commie]

"We represent progress." Even today those words prove Chairman Mao right. I am a huge Beatles fan, and their song Revolution was (musically) not bad, but they don't know the least bit about revolution.

[@pompom8315]

You know, in an interview John Lennon said he was wrong about that song and that he is in fact a Maoist

[@andrejmucic5003]

I look forward to your vids, zemljanka

[@marcelodl9587]

Nice video comrade! Would you allow posting your videos subtitled in other languages?

[@iroquoispliskin6377]

Greetings from Brasil comrade, i really liked your work. Discovered your channel through another communist KZbin channel from my country, história pública is it's name!

[@mjstecyk]

if you're puzzled by the term "millet plus rifles", it literal means a rifle with millet to eat, not a specific type of weapon. Mao used the phrase to describe their technological underdog status compared to the US backed KMT army.

[@jonathanmorningstar2015]

Hello comrade. I'm glad for Ian Neves (historia publica) indicates your channel, great video, continue the good fight.

[@bigshocker1210]

Honestly, while researching Mao to do an analysis of him for a side project that goes over various Marxist thinkers, we wish we would’ve known about this piece of literature and are excited to learn of this text (We are very new to reading Marxist texts) as we can now use it as a reference. Thank you for your sharing and your historical wisdom comrade. ^^

[@ego3162]

Please do more videos on other socialist countries, i'd specially like to see your takes on other asian experiences much love from 🇧🇷

[@semilorekaji-hausa2078]

Just backing up another comment that you don’t need to only cover the ussr and I know I would love to get content on other examples of socialism in action, I’m here for the history and for your content : )

[@lucasneves4191]

Invasão dos comuna louco!!! Greetings from Brazil comrade!

[@slipknotboy555]

Banger of a video! Inspiring response indeed

[@SINISTERsmile64]

An amazing video! Keep up the great work!

[@crimsonguy8696]

Interesting... Who would have though that Franco and Salazar were paper tigers all along? So what if the people support reaction? The proletariat support for such charismatic figures is strong.

[@tonyl3012]

Comrade Mao was a great Student of Marx, Lenin, and Stalin. Mao-Zedong Thought has a lot we can gather from for practical change within our conditions. "Marxism consists of thousands of truths, but they all boil down to the one sentence, 'It is right to rebel.' ... And from this truth there folloes resistance, steuggle, the fight for socialism"-Chairman Mao

[@jekyll7110]

seeing muslims like you increases my iman

[@LadyIzdihar]

Alhamdulillah! That's the greatest compliment 💖

[@Trenchfood]

Wonderful

[@blackpilledserb]

Shokran sister comrade!

[@nicolasdias7686]

Hello from brazil

[@mattda13att]

this is one of my favorite youtube videos you made so far :) really love the subject, and am just starting to get into Chinese communist history

[@LuzdeTieta]

Hi! I love your content, and I'd love to translate the subtitles to Portuguese, to spread the word and make it accessible to more people! Would it be possible? Kisses

[@williamterry8316]

Excellent job as always. Thanks!

[@jonassilvapereira7045]

As-Salamu Alaikum, comrade. Greetings from Brazil!

[@spencer101]

Wow that was very powerful.

[@matheusgomessoares6180]

In Brazil we Just say EITA PORRA

[@FP_95]

Great vid! 11/10

[@janefrericks8488]

wow

[@wickedsamurai3323]

wonderful video!

[@thiagobravo]

I think it'll be necessary some time. We'll probably won't see it in our lifetime. But our fight is for the ones that came before e to those that will come. I believe in the afterfole, not only that, I believe in reincarnation too. Therefore I believe that we are continuing the fights that we fought in the last.

[@se7enei8htnin97]

I read that phrase in quotations of Chairman Mao Zedong, it’s a lil pocket sized book but its not worth carrying around bc it’s in Chinese and English (1 on each side of each page) and the thing is so thick it doesn’t fit in pockets😂

[@tsumugijohnson3220]

Oh wow the design at 6:01 is incredible!!

[@joyg2526]

My one complaint concerns Mao's comment about the atom bomb. I realize those comments were made a long time ago, but nuclear weapons aren't paper tigers. The consequences of even a small nuclear conflict would be devastating for all people, but mostly the working class and poor.

[@WildDisaster]

If you think about it a bit more, you'll see you're proving Mao's point.

[@joyg2526]

@@WildDisaster Spell it out for me brother.

[@WildDisaster]

@@joyg2526 At this point in time, mutual nuclear destruction would take out major aggressors by their own hand. While some poor would die, the larger Global South populations would not, as that is where most of the world's population exist. I believe it's about 80% of all human population. These large populations often live on very little and many live near ocean rich fish stocks. Food supplies and resources are often drained from these nations today to enrich and sustain the current world aggressors. When the aggressors are destroyed, by their mutal consent, humanity would progress. This is why Mao ends his answer with "progress." What we've been told of nuclear fallout is often from the powers that wield those weapons. They scare the rest of the world into believing that if they die, all humanity dies. This isn't necessarily true. Instead, it is true that their way of rule will be over, bc on a nuked Earth no one will ever think that a piece of colored paper will ever have value. This is quite a long discussion to think about as to what that threat really means and as Mao observed in his time, it's a "paper tiger." We should see the effects over the larger existence of humankind in the same way. The people that survive will not be in the colors of the aggressors, but in the colors of a people's revolution to survive. I hope this makes sense. Forgive me if I do not articulate it well.

[@joyg2526]

@@WildDisaster I think you're being optimistic of the actual fallout of a global nuclear war and of human nature. I just copied & pasted a short article about what could happen after a nuclear conflict. Also, all people are capable of horrific acts when situations are dire. We've seen what happens when people have to survive stranded in remote and hostile environments. A nuclear conflict between the US government & allies and Russia & their allies would probably be game over for modern civilization, if not the beginning of extinction for humans and a lot of land species. It's mutually assured destruction, so many of the problem nations would be destroyed, but other nations would be in no condition to take over. Not to mention I convinced that people in positions of power and leadership are on the psychopathic end of the scale. They didn't become leaders of their nation by being nice and honest. "For decades researchers have been modeling the after-effects of nuclear conflict. One of the most globally devastating outcomes from a nuclear war is the possibility of a prolonged climactic cooling event referred to as “nuclear winter.” “In a nuclear war, bombs targeted on cities and industrial areas would start firestorms, injecting large amounts of soot into the upper atmosphere, which would spread globally and rapidly cool the planet,” researchers explain in a new study. “Such soot loadings would cause decadal disruptions in Earth’s climate, which would impact food production systems on land and in the oceans.” Although the term “nuclear winter” was coined in the 1980s, the idea is as old as nuclear weapons. As far back as 1947 science fiction author Poul Anderson speculated about the prospect of a global nuclear war triggering a new ice age in his iconic post-apocalyptic story Tomorrow’s Children. Recently, as climate modeling has become more sophisticated, researchers have been able to run more complex simulations to explore what kinds of effects a possible nuclear winter would have on environmental conditions around the world. This new study offers the most detailed modeling to date, investigating how nuclear war could effect global food supplies. The study simulated six nuclear war scenarios, each producing varying levels of soot in the stratosphere. Five scenarios modeled different scales of nuclear conflict between India and Pakistan, while the sixth model simulated a global nuclear war between the US and Russia. Each model estimated the climate effects from soot being kicked up into the atmosphere. These climate changes were then fed into agriculture models designed to calculate reductions in major crop productions, such as wheat, rice and corn. Ultimately, the study translated those crop reductions into total losses of calories produced, meaning the researchers could then estimate how many people would hypothetically succumb to famine in the months, or years, following a nuclear war. The worst-case scenario modeled in the study looked at the effect of 150 million metric tons of soot being injected into the stratosphere following a week of global nuclear conflict. While around 360 million direct fatalities could be estimated from the acute dropping of nuclear bombs, the climate effects from the weapons would result in a nearly 90% drop in global calorie production. Two years after the nuclear conflict the modeling estimates around five billion people would die from famine around the world. “Although the likelihood of such a war is low, a 14.8 °C (26.6 °F) global cooling (an ice age) would ensue within one to two years after the nuclear blasts,” explained Deepak Ray, an environmental scientist commenting on the new modeling. “Even if half the livestock feed calories were diverted and consumed as human food, and all food wastage was also consumed, the authors calculate a shortfall in calories of close to 74% in this extreme 150 Tg scenario.” However, the modeling does indicate not all countries will face similar experiences of food insecurity following nuclear conflict. In the most extreme nuclear scenario the model predicts all international trade of food would cease, leaving each country relying on its own ability to produce calories for its people. The one country seemingly most protected from the global catastrophe predicted in the modeling is Australia. The researchers estimate wheat production in Australia to be largely unaffected by nuclear-related climate changes, leaving the country able to effectively produce enough calories to sustain its population. Neighbor New Zealand was also modeled to be relatively secure in the most extreme scenario modeled. Of course, the study does point out this wouldn’t mean Australia is completely protected if a scenario such as this ultimately played out. The researchers speculate countries with consistent food supplies, such as Australia and New Zealand, would likely experience significant influxes of refugees from nearby Asian nations facing famine. The researchers behind the new study are well-aware of the limitations in this kind of modeling. The scenarios simulated focus solely on the impact of nuclear winter on current caloric crop production. While this calorie deficit cannot be offset by livestock or increases to aquatic farming, the researchers do speculate on the potential for alternative food sources being introduced, such as pivoting to producing food requiring little to no sunlight. Ultimately, study co-author Alan Robock, who has been modeling the climate effects of nuclear war for decades, said there is no simulation that isn’t incredibly damaging to global stability. He said billions of people would likely die in the aftermath of nuclear war due to food insecurity, and this is why these weapons must be banned. "If nuclear weapons exist, they can be used, and the world has come close to nuclear war several times," Robock stressed. "Banning nuclear weapons is the only long-term solution. The five-year-old UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons has been ratified by 66 nations, but none of the nine nuclear states. Our work makes clear that it is time for those nine states to listen to science and the rest of the world and sign this treaty." "

[@WildDisaster]

@@joyg2526 I believe many of the assumptions may be correct regarding nuclear fallout, but I am optimistic given humankind's continued existence through catastrophes. The powers that threaten life do so at their own peril. The people who will continue afterwards will be cut off from these threats. That is the paper tiger. We believe that these weapons will destroy everything, but they don't. The world will go on in a state that it seems fit and life will renew itself as it has for millions of years. And I genuinely believe that there are people who would see each other more human than ever, bc they will have no choice but to do so.

[@rubyredlotus]

Mao is as close to an idol as I'm comfortable having and I'd love to see as much more content about leftist movements and workers from all over the world. Stay inspired!

[@Hardcore_Ant]

Wulaikum Salam

[@KrasMazovHatesYourGuts]

She was probably closer to Zhou Enlai than to Mao, but yes they were on friendly terms.

[@nukelewman]

Mao dont miss

[@wallaceoliveira3456]

Ei camarada vem no Brasil, fazer palestras, depois eu te levo na praia do Rio, pra fumarmos maconha no Arpoador, ao por do sol.

[@obelix703]

Yeah, I have to disagree with Strong’s assessment of “Paper tigers.” If the people are expending that much effort to fight something, that thing is hardly a paper tiger. IMO, using that term is a little insulting to all the lives lost in those struggles.

[@jarekkish5515]

It does come across as cope lmao.

[@illogicalslayer9856]

It means that they appear strong but are brittle. Which is true because they appear strong and macho, but get scared at shadows in the night that appear in their mind. Like "Judeo-Bolshevism" or "gay groomers" and lash out at the shadows in their imagination. Think about how hardwoods are more prone to breaking in gales than softwoods that bend. Oak vs Willow etc Doesn't mean that the struggle isn't hard but it does mean that it isn't hopeless.

[@michaeldavidson2789]

It's hard to accept statements like "we represent progress" from a man who historians estimate was responsible for 15 to 55 million deaths. Halliday, J., Chang, J. (2006). Mao: The Unknown Story. United Kingdom: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

[@Sasha-trans-fenix]

When I purposefully spread misinformation on the internet.

[@kylecommunist]

Would you believe a book written and published in China telling stories about how the US and UK leaders have killed millions and millions of people? Because you’re doing the mirror of that.

[@slevemcdichael5274]

Ask the hundreds of millions who ascended out of poverty and serfdom and they may disagree with you on that

[@michaeldavidson2789]

Were those tens of millions dead a necessary price for raising others to middle class? Doesn't seem very egalitarian.

[@michaeldavidson2789]

To the misinformation charge, do you have a complaint about the historical source I provided or did you not care to look at it?

[@andrejmucic5003]

Thanks!