The Great Leap Forward (1958-62)

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Land reform, where estates had been taken from rich landowners and redistributed to the peasants had taken place shortly after the communists had come to power.
Collectivisation, where peasants lost their own pieces of land and instead worked for wages on land owned by the state had also begun to take place.
Mao believed this was not enough to expand both agricultural and industrial production and instead introduced the second five-year plan in 1958.
This would become known as the ‘Great Leap Forward’.
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Sources:
Tombstone. The Untold story of Mao’s Great Famine.
By Yang Jisheng.
Red Inc.: Dictatorship and the Development of Capitalism in China, 1949-2009
By Robert K. Schaeffer
Socialism in China (1919-1965)
By Yu Youjun
Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62
By Frank Dikötter
The Great Famine in China, 1958-1962: A Documentary History

[@RoopeRontu1999]

Chinese farmers: kill sparrows Crickets: Hippity hoppity, your food is our property.

[@RoopeRontu1999]

@array s I doubt that would be a good idea, if they've been killed with spray or something.

[@pckkaboo6800]

Ever tried fried crickets? XD

[@RoopeRontu1999]

@@pckkaboo6800 No. They don't bring them in my country in other form than as baked in a loaf of bread.

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

@@pckkaboo6800 In Mexico, a species of grasshopper can be bred for food. It is fed spices and herbs, and then is toasted with garlic until it turns dark red. It tastes fresh and crunchy like spicy chips. It's called "Chapulín", like "El Chapulín colorado", a very popular TV character.

[@testserver2054]

Then eats cricket

[@gtlegacy8]

When you have no idea wtf you're doing in Civilization 5.

[@piggsy20]

More like when you know wtf you’re doing

[@thejackmage9656]

its literally just turning every tile you owned into a mine or a factory. idk what y'all were expecting.

[@MichaelDavis-mk4me]

I like how casual letting your people starve to death is in Civ games. Like people don't really mind dying or being nuked.

[@thejackmage9656]

@@MichaelDavis-mk4me Man you're a god trying to shape the entire world as you know it over the span of eons, in one turn you can outlive anywhere from three to five generations Why wouldn't it be casual?

[@MichaelDavis-mk4me]

@@thejackmage9656 Because it would cause an incredible amount of unrest which should be incredibly annoying. Your people riot if they don't have oranges and diamonds in the late game, but don't care about the fact that they are starving. In history, having starvation in your kingdom was a really big deal. Also, time slows down when you get late game, at the end, by the 1980's, you only pass a year each turn.

[@JayJay-wf2oe]

My grandma lived through that period of time. To this day she still doesn't waste a single grain of rice. She often asks me to eat as much as possible in fear of I would suddenly die of hunger.

[@dravenocklost4253]

Heartbreaking

[@richbrake9910]

You better eat Jay, a similar situation may happen all over again within next 30 years

[@JacobLozano-mr8ll]

@@richbrake9910 in the USA dude? 😑

[@RuthlessDestroyer]

@@JacobLozano-mr8ll Facts don’t care about your feelings.

[@catsnmi270]

Ah, bless her dear soul!

[@mistermarcus4281]

It is a real shame that everyone knows the horrors of the Nazis, but people don't know anything about the things that happened in Imperial Japan, Communist China or Soviet Russia.

[@bobs_toys]

It's why I sum up Mao as two Hitlers and a Stalin

[@nikhilpranav6915]

Never ask the Japanese what they did in WW2

[@xxxBradTxxx]

Seriously the Japanese killed more people than the Nazis, but it’s not spoken about in the West for some reason.

[@nischaymiglani2617]

What about Winston Churchill ?

[@youssefkandeel145]

We all know that the good guys won every major war, it says it here in my history book​@@nischaymiglani2617

[@Mirokuofnite]

They didn't tell them the leap forward was into a grave.

[@Saipan2297]

**spits tea*

[@thegodfather_8455]

@@zhouenlaienjoyer6306 so what about the life expectancy if you all starve to death or are a mindless drone that works to line the pockets of the higher ups.... perfect

[@thegodfather_8455]

@@zhouenlaienjoyer6306 so freedom is classified as being able to allow your government to sterilize, or kill you for being a different ethnicity, or for having a opinion? I don't know were your from but no one on this planet sees that as freedom. Also keep in mind you lie and slander the government in China your pretty much gone

[@The_Mad_Regent]

@@zhouenlaienjoyer6306 What you saying is garbage because it’s not worth the death of tens of millions of people for the development of China,no matter how good it was.And I don’t think freedom entails what modern China looks like today.I may be American,but I don’t have to worry about a bullet in my skull from criticizing the government,unlike in China then and likely now.

[@averagecustodes2562]

Under rated comment

[@josephb.4640]

“Did you ever hear the Tragedy of the Great Leap Forward?” “No.” “It’s not a story the Chinese government would tell you.”

[@bockscar1]

Neither is cultural Revolution ! Great leap forward 76 millions deaths Cultural revolution 20 millions of deaths ! Hmm it's time for the Chinese communist party to step down !

[@josephb.4640]

I don’t understand how people can look at China and go “oh, what a magical, mysterious place! I want to live there!” Other than the cities where market-based exchange is allowed, China is absolutely terrifying. Always remember, Communism has killed almost 10x more people than the Holocaust...

[@MiekuahProductions]

Everyting that included in Tiananmen Copypasta is what the Chinese Goverment is hiding from us.

[@CaptainM792]

Histocrat 641402 I am Chinese and we learned this during History lessons in Hong Kong schools.

[@josephb.4640]

M Lau - That’s good, but you probably already know that Hong Kong is very different from mainland China, where they take any chance they get to promote themselves, even dishonestly.

[@jololol7158]

The fact that Mao refused foreign aid to save face is exactly how most asian parents are. Ego and reputation is priority in most Asian cultures and family.

[@user-lh2yf9ch4k]

In my family too

[@resentfulsoulofthetoilet589]

They would lose face that way

[@randied603]

Lol yes.

[@absolutelybased3251]

@Insert Name Here that was purely intentional by Stalin. Kill of millions of Ukrainians and replace them with Russians. It's still having its effects with conflicts in Ukraine due to the Russian descendents

[@chanalex8358]

That's true but not whole picture . Back to 1960 , there was no trading between China and western world . After 1960 , China started to import food from other communist nations .

[@hughboyd2904]

Incredibly, Orwell predicted all of this in Animal Farm, over a decade before these events occurred - the shortages, the inadequacy of unskilled labour in manufacturing, and the purges of anyone who disagreed with the plan. Of course he was writing about the situation that unfolded in soviet Russia, but incredibly the Chinese leadership seemed happy to repeat the Soviet’s mistakes, and condemn so many of their own people to starvation.

[@klm9440]

I read 1984 and I’m reading life and death in Shanghai and the parallels are scary

[@arcturus4762]

It’s funny how Animal Farm can easily apply to any dictatorial revolution, especially Communist ones, and there’s still tankies defending Communism by saying “Animal Farm is not about Communism”

[@sidneym8895]

Lao She, a famous writer in China said this is some sci-fi delusion after reading the 1984. Eventually, he committed suicide during the cultural revolution launched by chairman Mao.😂

[@Eren-xh9ky]

​@@klm9440i'm Chinese,and you right

[@Eren-xh9ky]

​@@sidneym8895Lao She's death can't be blamed for this. He is a man who has a great sense of face. But he was criticized during the Cultural Revolution, so he committed suicide

[@Mitjitsu]

Even Stalin said Mao was out of control and that's coming from a madman.

[@josephstalin364]

EXCUSE ME!?!

[@Mitjitsu]

@@josephstalin364 At least you had swag ;-)

[@Autobotmatt428]

When did he say that?

[@mastrorick]

that was a tantrum of Stalin. He stated the same about Trotsky

[@powerofthetime]

Share my version, i am a capitalist: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3PCeKtmabCYlbM

[@DaGoook]

I live in Shanghai and asked Xiaomi's version of Alexa "What is the Great Leap Forward?" To which she replied, "let's talk about something else." LOL...

[@fleepss2407]

Terrifying

[@dardalion3199]

For real??

[@DaGoook]

@@dardalion3199 For real 100%. It said, "我们谈一些其他的吧。“

[@J0hnHenrySNEEDen]

Try asking what happened in april 15, 1989

[@matthewnunya8483]

Gonna end up in a re-education camp if you keep that up 😂😂😂

[@kylewilson2819]

Mao: We are going to make a Great Leap Forward! Chinese Civilians: That is fantastic! Where are we leaping? Mao: This cliff over here!

[@tachyon8317]

Mao: into this big pit. Just ignore the soldiers with ak47s.

[@kronoso_o8042]

@@tachyon8317 also ignore those flames coming from the pit

[@discmanthecdlord]

@@kronoso_o8042 he's also ignoring all those piranhas right?

[@bringdislikesback8078]

True

[@tritium1998]

They did gain more food and people despite you losers crying with your cartoon propaganda though.

[@skaterpulse6746]

It's sad to see alot of people starting to glorify Mao and his revolution in the west

[@potatoesandducks958]

Who?

[@AVI-lh6rm]

@@potatoesandducks958 there's always gonna be stupid people in the world. it dont matter where you look, theres stupid people in any single community, and those stupid people always end up being the face of the community they "represent" to the outside world. people like that exist, but far and few between, but putting into scale the negativity bias, the internet, and modern politics, most people dont even think of others as humans in politics so now many people think that nazis are a huge problem or that communists are a huge problem. they both exist and are a problem, but really aren't starting some kind of huge revolution on behalf of the left/right.

[@bingchilling5504]

@@TheDigitalApple what about those stuff where you ship some austrian dude with the thing that is related to what your saying.

[@nikhilpranav6915]

In Parasite, the wealthy family's kid was pretending to be in a worse situation than he was. In the west, people find very legitimate flaws of capitalism, and instead of easily solving them, the American public wants to switch to communism or socialism. At this point, calling them peasants should be justified.

[@TeraBitts]

It's even worse how that is not a taboo like nazism is when both ideologies are inhumane.

[@CommanderTornado]

1 step forward, 60 million steps back

[@rafiqulislamfaruk1892]

You reminded me with the song, One step forward and two steps back from San andreas XD

[@nonautemrexchristus5637]

@Jay Blake you miss the entire video here, Communism in any country afflicted by it's awful ideology is directly responsible for more deaths under their own leadership than modern capitalism has in it's entire history Was the plague a capitalist mass genocide like the holodomor because a ship with produce on it had plague ridden rats inside? Your ideology has no virtue, it's a disease on this Earth, go back to starving yourself in a commune you leach to society

[@OverlordGrizzaka]

@Jay Blake if you're gunna post BS at least make it believable. These deaths too were brought by collectivism.

[@connorsproles9239]

Jay Blake Soooo...... could you maybe be more specific. I'm not asking for sources; just name actual events. Please and thank you!

[@accent1666]

@Jay Blake dude, watch the video, its VERY CLEAR Communism is a MURDEROUS Ideology!

[@EvoSwatch]

Mao is still considered as a hero... let that sink in...

[@xxbabaxx12]

So is Washington who promote slavery, these historical figure always become heros to someone. All comes down to perceptive.

[@seventhplace]

a aron True but the difference is that in our system we were able to abolish it

[@user-rn5dl6tf8r]

It's becuase of him China is what today , everything you use is made in China and he lifted millions from poverty

[@seventhplace]

@@user-rn5dl6tf8r HA HA HA Ridiculous!

[@seventhplace]

Everything is made in China by people want to jump off the buildings and commit suicide. That's why they put Nets around the buildings. They can't speak about how unhappy they are because they would be penalized for that. They may be actually sent off to have their organs stolen and be killed. Don't believe for a moment that their economy is good. They have complete empty cities full of nobody and crumbling buildings that have never been lived in. Yes some can prosper in businesses that can easily be taken away by the government. Yeah what a hero 😂 after all the millions of dead can't speak

[@deleted_215]

Mongols: “We killed the most Chinese people!” Japan: “No, WE did!” China: “Amateurs”

[@robwalsh9843]

Just look at Chinese history. They've probably had more civil wars than any surviving nation of today.

[@ennui9745]

Hilarious how the CCP brainwashes mainland Chinese into hating Japan for killing Chinese people, when the CCP itself killed more Chinese people than Japan ever did.

[@kuomingangenjoyer3242]

@@ennui9745 for a party that got saved by the japanese, the CCP is sure the most ungrateful one i have ever seen

[@ennui9745]

@@kuomingangenjoyer3242 Exactly.

[@nikhilpranav6915]

@@ennui9745 I mean... Japan has trade embargos with any country that teaches the tragedy of Nanking, so I see a big reason to hate Japan.

[@realdragao6367]

“So, to grow our steel production, how much lifeswill be lost?” “More than 18 million sir.” “Well we had too many people anyway”

[@tlshortyshorty5810]

Mao: _redistributes land_ Peasants: “thanks m8” Mao: _collectivizes land_ Peasants: “m8 wtf”

[@legendofman12]

Show More: Shows nothing more

[@willhemwill5595]

lmaooooo

[@blackgold754]

T L Shorty Shorty he basically turned from Lenin to Stalin

[@subsamadhi]

i didnt even know that at first the collectiviztion was working. i always figured mao just did it all to kill off a bunch of people he didnt like. he was just an idiot who had an idea that backfired

[@shepherdlavellen3301]

that's been done soon as the civil War is over

[@no2party]

As the old joke states: "Put a Communist in charge of a desert and eventually you run out of sand."

[@bedsdavies8210]

You do know that China is still classed as a communist country, right?

[@no2party]

@@bedsdavies8210 yes

[@TeifiValley123]

@@no2party Doesn't that seem contradictory to you?

[@no2party]

@@TeifiValley123 Not really, now with Coronavirus and their One-Child policy they're running out of people!

[@MishimasGhost]

@@TeifiValley123 they are only politically communist, they are economically capitalist which is what helped them.

[@roarlisfang2860]

My grandfather was in a landlord family at the time when the Land Reform took place. He and his family were beaten severely and sent to the city factory as workers, his house was confiscated. This cruelty they've done to him actually saved his life, as during the Great Leap Forward, city workers were fed well at the price of starvation in the countryside. 20 years later when the Cultural Revolution ended, he returned to the countryside and saw the old house emptied. The farmers who took his house all starved to death years ago. We refused to live in that house and left it emptied, until two years ago my father sold that house to the government as they wanted to construct a road over it.

[@kanekochera57]

Cat, dog and rat meat were prevalent. There's a dog meat festival in China.

[@kadafi4lyf]

When did the government return your grandfather's house to him? Was there a whole era when confiscated property was returned to those that mao took it from?

[@roarlisfang2860]

@@kadafi4lyf There was a redress act(拨乱反正, Boluan Fanzheng) after the Cultural Revolution, which happened during 1978-1989. In this period Deng Xiaoping corrected a large part of Mao's mistakes and restored operation of the country to some extent. Grandpa's property was returned at about 1980, due to the government finding out most of his "crime records" were forged by farmers who held a hostile attitude towards land lord families. (Yes, before 1978, if you want your neighbor killed or beaten in China you can just report him by whatever reason you want. That's how scary it was.)

[@hasaansamad2995]

I've lived in china for almost an year. I just want to ask. Do the people who experienced these atrocities first hand still support the current governments stand that mao was a hero. And also what you guys are taught in schools regarding it.

[@roarlisfang2860]

@@hasaansamad2995 It may surprise you that, China actually talks about the GLP and Cultural Revolution in textbooks (in the version I was taught at least). They admit those were Mao's mistake, but under the condition that "He was misdirected by some malicious actors in the party". Quite a part of content in this video are mentioned, but they didn't say how many people were killed and they insist that the main cause of the starvation is land drought / other natural disasters. As for the survivors' stand, I can't say for sure. Talking about that period can be traumatizing for some of them, so usually we chose not to.

[@superp2222]

There’s a brilliant Chinese film about a family that survived all of Mao’s five year plans and the Cultural Revolution. The film is called To Live and its seen as a masterpiece of historical storytelling

[@kristinahuchison2511]

There’s another one called China Cry. My mom bought that for me for Christmas because I had an interest in Asian culture. She had absolutely no idea it was based on a true woman’s story of the Great Leap Forward. Same with Hachi on the famous Japanese Akita dog.

[@James-cq2bj]

Chinese civilians: Thank god we survived the Japanese invasion Mao: You spoke too soon

[@mrredacted85]

Ooooof size large

[@PSL416]

*This is where the fun begins*

[@unsec-genantonioguterres5788]

Chinese are atheist lol.

[@axupan6951]

@@unsec-genantonioguterres5788 i thought they were buddhist/confucius

[@noone8958]

@Silver Chariot -_-

[@thunderbird7020]

Mao: hey peasants, want to hear a joke? Peasants: sure Mao:Food Peasants: I don’t get it. Mao: Thats the point.

[@Ingodwetrustamen510]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@23Revan84]

Lmao that is so good.

[@hafann]

@@mihailojovicevic5576 stolen old and no one cares

[@CBRN-115]

*LMAO*

[@tacticalfall4505]

Isn’t it “we” nit “I”?

[@joeyjerry1586]

It genuienly shocks me as to how much of a disaster The Great Leap Forward was cause what’s unique about it is it wasn’t a case of a heartless man having no concern for citizens and being ok with millions suffering (tbf Mao certainly was like that) but it was instead caused by a man who had so much incompetence when it came to economics, science and geography and it pains me how tens of millions suffered due to this incompetence

[@HenryBenedictUSA]

Reminds me of the great reset with Klaus Schwab

[@SatchelChannel]

Yeah but remember the situation China was in: almost 20 years of civil war, they got free from the japanese just 10 years prior, they were in a precarious situation and the Kuomintang had destroyed a lot of farms by flooding plains. It was a mostly agrarian nation with few experts and capable people,and they didn't want to listen to soviet farming advices, had a population so big that it was impossible for China's allies to feed all of them... Mao was not an economist or an engineer and shouldn't have taken this kind of decisions, but it's more justifiable than an economic crash caused by wild speculation in the 1929 or even the 2008 housing crisis...

[@John-xr9ry]

@@SatchelChannel the Great Depression and Financial Crisis were awful but at least they didn’t lead to the deaths of 30-50 million and there were many policies of the GLF that even someone with no economics or scientific knowledge would call idiotic such as the substantial use of metal or wood for the backyard furnaces

[@abdirahmanidris290]

@@HenryBenedictUSA Schawb is systamatic.

[@staringcorgi6475]

It was short sided to kill all the sparrows bc killing them all means that their pray can eat all of the people’s crops and which means that people would die because of no food

[@thegrimcritic5494]

I’ve had professors that defended this man. Defended him. I just… I don’t understand.

[@afif8472]

Mao: This will be called The Great Leap Forward Communism: *UNO REVERSE CARD*

[@the4thindustrialrevolution225]

Communism* not nature

[@afif8472]

@@the4thindustrialrevolution225 yikes im dumb

[@the4thindustrialrevolution225]

@@afif8472 No you're not. it's just a mistake.

[@calmdown4140]

Battlefield 4 the Great Leap Forward DLC

[@user-nj9uo6ql2f]

A.K.A The Great Leap Backward

[@akeller4265]

It's astounding how little about Mao is taught in US schools today

[@user-dk9dx3xb2t]

There are hundreds of thousands of years of history, school is about 12 years long

[@BuiltSimilarG]

We only focus on US

[@candyjack3659]

@@BuiltSimilarG And we don't even focus on that these days.

[@BuiltSimilarG]

@@candyjack3659 Bruh

[@raptorshinryu]

Freshman year: SLAVERY Sophomore year: COLONIZATION Junior year: SLAVERY Senior year: COLONIZATION

[@LucasIsHereYT]

*"bUt ThAt WaSn'T rEaL cOmMuNiSm!!1!!11!"*

[@Anonymous-uh8mz]

It wasn't real Communism.

[@LucasIsHereYT]

@@Anonymous-uh8mz It wasn't real communism, it was just communism.

[@garyoakham9723]

@@Anonymous-uh8mz if it’s not real communism then real capitalism has never been exercised

[@yousuck1858]

​@@garyoakham9723real capitalism is all in le head

[@dgayle2348]

Whenever I watch Naruto and criticise Madara's plan for being so stupid I remember Mao and think, "Eh, well."

[@erickmoczulski1582]

Well said.

[@samcompany7083]

A farm worker greets Josef Stalin at his potato farm. “Comrade Stalin, we have so many potatoes that, piled one on top of the other, they would reach all the way to God,” the farmer excitedly tells his leader. “But God does not exist,” replies Stalin. “Exactly,” says the farmer. “Neither do the potatoes.”

[@manicdgr]

Then the farmer is brutally tortured and left to rot at vorkuta gulag

[@p3pable]

The lols are real though

[@jameshailerthepostmaster4389]

This Enraged Stalin who punished him Severely

[@atomicbuttocks]

Gamer moment

[@manicdgr]

@MarineSlayer And then he sacrifices himself to save the American

[@IAmMadMan]

I still remember my History teacher saying "Great Leap Forward, more like a giant step back." She was right.

[@Argos-xb8ek]

But it did end up modernizing China. With the millions of deaths and suffering this was truly a horrible time to live in.

[@proudfirebrand3946]

@@Argos-xb8ek The woes of economy of progress.

[@fieliep1040]

well it's what my teachers said too, I guess it is right

[@bagels725]

I prefer "Not So Great Stumble Backwards".

[@MasayaShida]

@@Argos-xb8ek there is literally no way the "great leap forward" contributed to modernization

[@joestarjookenblue2364]

no wonder my former kmt grandpa hates mao zedong so much

[@theezeelife292]

Every time I see some young person talk about how wonderful socialism and communism would be in America, I refer them to this video.

[@kingsweden4636]

Communism works my friend look at the ussr and the Khmer rouge

[@theezeelife292]

@@kingsweden4636 you mean you want me to see the success of communism by looking at two examples of how communism failed? Or is it that you want to highlight examples of mass murder and genocide? Either way you've just proven my point.

[@mayro4803]

@@kingsweden4636 You should move to a communist country and get back to us.

[@austinsmurf9298]

My Grandfather lived through this and somehow survived.

[@seventhplace]

Mine too. Cheers

[@Hxoibrixks]

Man at least my grandmother lived in Hong Kong

[@zehuayang3943]

@@Hxoibrixks the British didn’t treat Hong Kongers good either. Hong Kong also protests Ed British rule in which the British killed Hong Kong protesters

[@bent8085]

My grandpa went through the gulag system and also survived somehow

[@austinsmurf9298]

@berat ergin if their grandads died they wouldn’t even exist rn

[@mikelramirez2585]

Foreign nations: Dude... you need any help? Mao: Nah! it's all good. Foreign nations: B-but people are dying in mass... Mao: No they're not...

[@mykobe981]

Hmm.. Sounds kinda familiar. Mao: I have perfected Megalomaniacal Sociopathic Narcissism!!! Trump: Lol..

[@Gamer88334]

Jay Blake They aren’t saying he hid it. They’re saying he refused help that China needed.

[@notdave2993]

OrigamiOwl ya, but trump isn’t killing millions.

[@TastyEmpire51]

Cmon, it was only 45million out of billion

[@ethangreenlee7576]

Lmao.

[@Th0mat0]

“Some of you may die and that is the sacrifice I am willing to make.”

[@elvishassassin1]

I recently started to read the book Tombstone by Chinese author Yang Jisheng. The book dissects the causes and effects of the Great Famine in detail - his thesis was that it was an entirely man-made disaster. I couldn't even get through the first chapter - it gave me an existential crisis and a horrible depressive episode lasting days. It will completely destroy your faith in humanity, to witness the greed, cowardice and cover-ups resulting in the deaths of tens of millions of innocent people for absolutely nothing. No benefit to anyone. And they are not even allowed to have a tombstone to remember them (which explains the title of the book - this is the tombstone). I found the complete inhumanity in the book terrifying. It wasn't foreign invasions, it wasn't aliens, it wasn't the universe ending - it was the complete indifference to the suffering of one's fellow humans that led to this disaster unprecedented in human history, which could have been prevented if the responsible parties even had one shred of human decency. It saddens me that this topic is still twisted and censored in China, so that few people know the truth of what happened or dare to speak if they knew. And too few outside China know or care. The era in China under Mao deeply scarred the population and it's a scar that will be carried by generations. I hope one day the truth will come to light before this period of history is forgotten.

[@VKF400]

"The Great Leap Forward" has to be the most gallows humor name ever given to anything. It would be hilarious if it wasn't so serious.

[@simplymarshal1167]

That is why there is lmao zedong

[@Freedomlander_101]

Lmao za-*DONG!*

[@CBRN-115]

This is all his big joke. Thus lMao Zedong

[@peanutbuttersandwich5015]

Reminds me of the “ affordable care act “

[@donc2446]

@@peanutbuttersandwich5015 Yes, and not because the planners are twisted and evil (though they may be), but because a free market made up of thousands or millions of people is always going to be more efficient than central planning. The government can help best by doing a little refereeing likebreaking up monopolies, enforcing contracts, managing externalities like pollution and letting trade take care of the rest.

[@Exath8630]

"Sell the rice!" "But, sir...." "Just do it!"

[@CaptainM792]

Sell them, sell them now. *Dewit!*

[@arandomzoomer4837]

I can’t believe Mao was selling the fucking rice when his people were dying.

[@fredrikcarlen3212]

@@arandomzoomer4837 Oh my, a communist dictator was evil. What a surprise, surely that has never happened before or since!

[@arandomzoomer4837]

@@fredrikcarlen3212 I know that this has happened in other situations but it's still disgusting.

[@rikjamesguitare]

"Sell it or I'll have you killed.......seriously, YES I have that power. Think I'm fucking around? This isn't a game, I'll fucking kill you, my son" If anyone can translate that into Hahn Chinese, that would be amazing lolol

[@U.S.President]

My mom's family is from Beijing, during the great leap forward, My grandparents would bring wild animals back home for consumption. they also had to save the limited egg ration quotas for my mom's younger brother (my uncle)... That was in Beijing, the capital of China... you can imagine what was happening in other cities or even villages in countryside.

[@leanneli2588]

And the sad thing is that while most older generations remembered this part of history, they are getting old and too traumatized to tell the tales to their grandchildren… Or that people who survived the period are those who were benefited from other people's suffering. Truth is, not many young generations know much about their own history, and all they're talking about is how communist party of China succeeded their people. Now both Mao and Xi is godly feature in China, and people would not allow anyone to criticize their Gods

[@kalpeshmanna7233]

Stalin: let's collect food Everybody: dies Mao: we should try that again 🤔

[@jackp.richardson6415]

*I'll fuckin' do it again*

[@karwan6385]

Dead meme.

[@dakari2027]

Weeaboo Karwan yet a timeless message

[@Nmdixon-cu7vm]

Kalpesh Manna college kids today: We can get it right this time.

[@taiwoolaleye6333]

are you dumb? you see the problem was misinformation about farming and inexperienced undertrained factory workers. let's compare these issues to the US shall we, slavery, no human rights to workers, exploiting child labor, and forced drafting to war, etc. also they gave food not collect them

[@compatriot852]

When you're so insane that even Stalin has to call you out

[@thunderbird1921]

In 1969, when the Soviets and Chinese were having a huge border dispute skirmish, Brezhnev was so furious with Mao that he was ready to launch nukes on them. The only reason he didn't is because Nixon told him not to (as he stated America had "interests" in the Chinese region). It certainly is a powerful thought as to how different history could have gone if the US let them do it.

[@tastefullyoffensive2412]

@@thunderbird1921 It wouldn’t have been a good idea, if the US nuked them WW3 would have kicked off

[@thunderbird1921]

@@tastefullyoffensive2412 I meant what could have happened if America let the Soviets nuke China. We would have had one of the ugliest wars in human history between the Communist powers, and one can only imagine how the rest of humanity would have dealt with it.

[@tastefullyoffensive2412]

@@thunderbird1921 Oh ok, now I understand. Thank you!

[@dr.woozie7500]

Stalin died in 1953… Great Leap Forward started in 1958

[@user-vb6qf7sg3h]

Zhong Xina will never told you this in Public American School.

[@bruzh6359]

Mao: This is a famous chinese dish; Chinese citizen: But Mao, there's nothing on the plate

[@figtree_video_archive]

Mao: *It's called emptiness :)*

[@darkblood626]

Houses of happyness sounds like something stright out of an Orwell novel.

[@jackmaitland8496]

I mean they were just places the elderly could go in the day

[@cheesedetectiverook5950]

Damn, this is just like 1984

[@dennisalindogan3498]

story told by my father: His family were one of the wealthiest in the city during this period. They were living the best of their lives until the great leap happened. Land reform took all of his family's assets, leaving only one house for them to live in--my grandfather,grandmother, and 8 kids. My grandfather was drafted to the factory and my grandmother was drafted to the kitchen, being businessman, they had to learn everything from scratch. Food rations are given to them everyday. However, the given ration was not enough to feed the family, so they had to add water to their rice and make porridge. My grandmother, working in the kitchen, tries to sneak food everyday to give to her kids. This goes on until my grandparents died. Once my father's siblings are grown up, they are then sent to provinces far from home to work in factories. Thinking about this now, it pains my heart knowing my father has suffered so much during his childhood. From wealthy to poor in an instant with no parents to guide them during the day.

[@anonymousanimal1534]

Which city was he from? Did his family try escaping before the communists took over?

[@alleviatedaubergine8130]

Would you happen to know what your family did for a living?

[@dennisalindogan3498]

@@alleviatedaubergine8130 They ran a textile business.

[@dennisalindogan3498]

@@anonymousanimal1534 They were from Xiamen, Fujian.

[@alleviatedaubergine8130]

Ok, while I cannot empathize with your loss, I can extend my sympathies, however little they are worth.

[@titansoos3565]

-999.999.999 Social Credits

[@siphokuhledladla3506]

a very good video!! thumbs up.

[@marcusmalixi1381]

*Mao* : I kill more people than both of you ,why history giving you 2 a credit *Hitler and Stalin* : Do you got a cool mustache *Mao* : *Cries in Chinese*

[@legitlazzer1877]

💀💀💀

[@mintyleafxd5982]

Stalin killed millions pf people but the population increases lol

[@RHD_lantz]

@303en it is because USSR in science was advancing too, unlike china whom relies of USSR too....

[@truereaper4572]

@@RHD_lantz USSR relied on raw manpower for the majority of it's territory gain. Science was of little importance for them until the height of the cold war.

[@hing420]

LMAOOOO

[@edgelord8337]

(Mao reads marx communist manifesto) Mao: we can make a religion out of this.

[@the4thindustrialrevolution225]

Normie tier meme. Both Marx and Moses hess were [Censored]

[@tuannguyenvan-gv8ms]

in fact no, there is also a policy called "cultural revolution"

[@the4thindustrialrevolution225]

@@tripplefives1402 so was Yagoda, stalin's wife, Rosa Luxemburg and beria. But that must be COINCEDENCES

[@GroundhogKim]

China is whole again then it broke again

[@floridaman54]

"No don't"

[@oliversherman2414]

I love your channel keep up the great stuff

[@13colonies94]

I don’t know if it was intended or not but there was a moment of silence at the end. Very meaningful in my opinion.

[@redips8947]

The Earth's greatest weight loss program.

[@grantm.5975]

Redips well said

[@psychronic8327]

Mad STONKS

[@emanonymous]

maybe this is why all the fat feminists want socialism

[@johnrichardson7310]

Its better than weight watchers that's for sure. Communism you will lose weight and more guaranteed!

[@kieyanborg1454]

Kim Jong Un needs this

[@Robbstark2024]

Mao when asked about China’s progress: “It’s evolving, just backwards”

[@OverlordGrizzaka]

@Jay Blake it didn't.

[@notdave2993]

Jay Blake maybe because half the people dying left the other half all the medicine and food? Great strategy. Do you sexually identify as Thanos?

[@valko96]

He sacrificed people to the dark gods . BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD . SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE.

[@idoobbberz_tv6676]

So backpedaling?

[@theakes2142]

@Schlomo Shekelbergtransgenderstein Does the end justify the means?

[@qwerty9878]

One of my friend's dad ABSOLUTELY hates the communist party. According to him, his father's grandpa was really rich and worked for the communist party. But he got thrown into jail because he is simply not chinese and they said he "might betray". They had numerous ways of torturing him, like letting him starve for days before giving a potato. After a few years, he was released. He went mad and did suicide after a week. This is just absurd.

[@justadudeh3re]

If you want a strong economy. The trick is to keep the government's greedy claws off of it.

[@BuiltSimilarG]

Are you Anarchist?

[@justadudeh3re]

@@BuiltSimilarG No I just have common sense. Didn't you just watch the video?

[@kacpernap2863]

and thats why capitalism always wins

[@GaionSputro]

​@@kacpernap2863 **Contolism*

[@BHuang92]

I have parents and grandparents that survived the Great Leap Forward. Basically, they had almost nothing to eat. Meat was non-existent and only ate low-quality vegetables. My grandfather on my mom's side was sent to a "reformation" camp for a while and really didn't tell how much he much abuse he endured. My grand-uncle on my dad's side was a jerk for being highly prominent and highly convicted to the Communist party while leaving his family to starve in the countryside. Although he passed away, my dad's father lived a happy life, more so than his brother. To this day, my parents have an absolute hatred for socialism.

[@thessop9439]

Run from china please. You are welcome in Argentina. Even in my house .

[@Bananappleboy]

Why do we all have to wear these ridiculous white backdrops?!

[@matthewcollins4764]

Lauti Cruz how could he be living in China if he is making this comment and watching a video probably banned they have very restrictive internet rules if he lives in China he would be doing this illegally and would be caught

[@dardalion3199]

It is so sad how much suffering the Chinese people endured throughout the 20th century.

[@mingyuanliu2285]

@@thessop9439 Funny, so you can provide accomodation to them along with other Nazis who fled from the defeat in 1945? Did everyone simply disregard the reason why his family got into those situation? Those end up in camps are the few who used to get fed by exploiting others, take no responsiblity in defending the facists Japanese invader when the whole country is shattering, and still dreaming about their "modern nobility" when the majority of people came to power. I can understand it could never be happy knowing one's ancestor had something to suffer, but it's just the time for them to take their toll.

[@Awfulfeature]

“We made China communist!” “What about the food?” *”you wouldn’t get it.”*

[@candyjack3659]

"Real food hasn't been tried before!"

[@SnipSnip477]

@@candyjack3659 Cringe antifa soy boy memes

[@who2807]

@@SnipSnip477 Vi estas malinteligenta se vos pensas tio estis cringe

[@reynanlamsen2007]

@@SnipSnip477 Cringe “Real Communist hasn’t been tried before” enjoyer

[@PerSon-xg3zr]

@@SnipSnip477........... Communism is a leftist ideology stupid.

[@SHAHIDKC]

The great backflip.

[@theoldrussian3837]

I’m happy to know about this because I’m a historian and I’m fascinated with the history in different parts of the world

[@fristnamelastname5549]

"We got a plan to modernize China. It's call The Great Leap Forward." - China 1958 "Nothing is going on in Tiananmen Square." - China 1989 "There is no protesting in Hong Kong. Who ever says otherwise is a liar, and should watch...I am will probably disappear....I mean will go on a long vacation." -China 2019 "There is this virus. That is in no way deadly to anyone." -China 2020

[@gizmobalboa2106]

CCP: 'no human to human transmission' late January (when they knew) WHO: Ok then, you heard it lads. Nothing to worry about, go about your day

[@goldhetman729]

China's 4 big lies

[@hardaatsinghbaath7475]

Ah I see, you are not the only one cursed with Knowledge -

[@0Adnin]

Legitly one of the finest comments in here.

[@jacksonpettit4690]

After wild farming was permitted because of the famines caused by Mao this virus has been the direct result. Mao why are u still killing people???!!!

[@elviswho1615]

Chinese officials: ‘How many farmers will work the fields?’ Mao: ‘Yes’

[@kalpeshmanna7233]

A small sacrifice for salvation 😌

[@andychen5579]

Kalpesh Manna eternal pain*

[@kalpeshmanna7233]

@@andychen5579 lol

[@xiaohuli27]

They will also produce steel

[@user-kg3zq3lg2l]

Nice video,dudu,you sir are a genius👍

[@ydk1k253]

-1,000,000 social credits

[@Nachoto]

When you scare off crop-eating birds allowing crop-eating bugs to roam freely *Task failed succesfully*

[@Heavywall70]

Every potential bureaucrat; All I can see is my nose Mao; “you’ll die quite nicely”

[@antekknapek4635]

task failed un succesfully

[@edwardmaginot]

More like **Task succeed with failure**

[@Octovisuals]

Not scare off, but exterminate, extinguish completely.

[@colinsimon777]

When the narrator said "they copied the Soviet system" he forgot to mention that also starved tens of millions of people to death.

[@tachyon8317]

Yeah. The Holomar sucked the big red one

[@mpmitchell2112]

Wow this is really good

[@lionljb]

Someone: "you know how many were killed by Mao's actions?" wumao: "but Germany..." (one doesn't excuse the other)

[@1eyeddevil929]

They always like to do that. Always acting as saints. Say one thing about Mao and they bring up someone else like dude, you aren't saints either

[@tomassanz2003]

China: dying from coronavirus Simple history: let’s revisit history

[@porchofgeese_crockpot]

That's a billion less

[@Noisykiller12]

they're trying to animate Chinese history before they die out

[@MikoyanGurevichMiG21]

@@Noisykiller12 Implying it wasn't already dead and buried under Mao's Cultural Revolution

[@KyoushaPumpItUp]

@@MikoyanGurevichMiG21 it still lives in Taiwan

[@endo4137]

I think Its actually kind of related with the Corona virus, you know that stereotype that Chinese eat dogs? It originates from the starvation caused by this "great leap forward". People had to eat anything they could find, so they catch other diseases that can spread later

[@jpjpjp453]

"When there is not enough to eat people starve to death. It is better to let half of the people die so that the other half can eat their fill" Mao Zedong 1959 Edit-After looking around some i found a transcript in Chinese and translated it. Yes, the quote is actually out of context but in light of Mao's murderous ideology i think the post is worth keeping. Anyone wanting another real doozy, look into the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)

[@nikitaastakhov9252]

Thanos?

[@dwimrel]

That has always been the collectivist view. They call it the "end of hostory". The fantasy that you can stabilize human endeavor, growth, and invention into a standstill. They would rather kill millions than to use scientific progress to feed them.

[@kalpeshmanna7233]

A small sacrifice for salvation 😌

[@ppainterco]

Kalpesh Manna thats a horrible, worthless and dehumanizing sacrifice to make. It’s a waste of humanity. And it wasn’t salvation, it’s feudalism under the guise of communism.

[@kurtengel4652]

Mao : I am.. Inevitable

[@UrMothersLoverr]

They should call it the Great Rewind

[@voided9593]

The Great Leap Forward?More like the great leap backwards

[@fishnchipss924]

Mao: "Everyone please kill the sparrows, they're eating all the crops" Nature: *booms cricket population because there was no predators Mao: *surprised pikachu face*

[@Killjoy45]

Mao: Nature is an agent of Imperialistic Capitalists!

[@netuzer5895]

L MAO!!!

[@suvamkumarsarangi6593]

Now they are eating cricket.

[@abloogywoogywoo]

I laughed at the big rat appearing, because tiny annoying sparrows, don't eat rodents.

[@bockscar1]

LMAO

[@ranelgallardo7031]

If you think about it Mao Zedong was Thanos before Marvel created Thanos.

[@randied603]

L *MAO

[@rjn1749]

Except Thanos had a point. mao is just pure idiot.

[@randallrona9618]

That made more sense.

[@SuperUniverse]

My ancestors left the dumpster fire before it even happened. They already knew it was a terrible idea when they got into power

[@hype3074]

Chinese textbooks say this happened because of a natural disaster. Mao is still very popular in China.

[@anthonyle7795]

Mao: we shall give all land to the people Rural bois: this sounds good Mao: also you're going to Chinese gulags

[@yuanluo1139]

hope all foreign people know what happened and happening now in CHINA ' CHINIA IS NOT PANDA CHINA IS BITTER SNAKE Chinese CURSE amaerican everyday , american goverment never told you that !!!!!

[@viettrungnguyen1242]

It's called reeducation study camp.

[@BarrowX]

@@viettrungnguyen1242 Nice newspeak there comrade.

[@juanding1442]

Anthony Le lmao

[@yuanluo1139]

@TheGreaterGood80 i'm a chinese i know how ccp tought people to hate america

[@CBRN-115]

Funny thing is, Mao's picture still hangs on the Tienanmen Square. He laughed at all those starving people, he laughs again at the dying people who wanted freedom. Real funny

[@deadlockraven1849]

It's funny how the best I have heard of the Chinese government was in Ancient History.

[@thejohn6614]

I believe he's still on the currency. I have a Chinese bill with his picture on it.

[@bluecaptainIT]

@@fcondro so what? Does plastic surgery laugh in the face of dying people? Does it pretend starvation is just a myth to take power over the authority? Whatever link you are making, I cannot see it nor understand it.

[@elchinoguerito8915]

It’s funny, in Beijing, his photo and image is everywhere. I kid you not, he’s got merchandise everywhere. He’s still held in high regard there despite everything he’s done. Even dedicated an entire building for his grave. Wonder what a Chinese history book looks like

[@CBRN-115]

@@fcondro whatever you say, wu mao slave

[@Deknis]

And they’ll say that wasn’t real communism.

[@anonymousanimal1534]

Something worth noting that wasn't mentioned in the video: Collectivization based on "satellite quotas"(放卫星), fictional harvest statistics that were blown out of proportion exponentially, were enforced by Mao and local officials. As a result, a significant portion of the 45 million deaths were beaten or torture to death in "anti-production-hiding" campaigns (反瞒产), which forced peasants into admitting to harvests that did not exist through violence. Those who survived the beatings and tortures were starved to death later because collectivization based on such quotas took even the last seeds away from them.

[@aimarov.5568]

When you force the farmers to make steel out of kitchen utensils SMITHING *100*

[@Biesliek1]

Empire is the best.

[@MegaDuckmonster]

Ohh Ahh! YOU'VE REACHED LEVEL 100

[@Lolypop123]

Biesliek1 stuff the imperial empire the stormcloaks are better

[@zakaryloreto6526]

Stalin: I killed the most people! Mao: *There is always an Asian better than you!*

[@vanjasenjanin1797]

Technicaly stalin is asian too

[@lowkey7914]

@@vanjasenjanin1797 Georgia is in Europe.

[@DANtheMANofSIPA]

Pol Pot: I got you fam

[@vanjasenjanin1797]

@@lowkey7914 its disputed i consider georgia europe but european borders are the caucasus and the ural mountain

[@hughquigley5337]

Mosquito that passed the bubonic plague from rats to humans: Hello we are all friends here

[@dm3619]

Never was taught about mao in school and I think the reason is that the US gov wants to do something similar to what he did

[@brandonhernandez116]

No

[@gsuhz41]

Surely you had your tinfoil hat and condom on when making this comment, yes?

[@Enri2447]

Lmao

[@abdirahmanidris290]

Yeah. Agenda 2030. Everyone will be given a certain amount of food and clothing. Its just the New World Order.

[@PacificFrontUntold]

Mighty documentary. Don't forget or excuse the mistakes of history.

[@Ronathanrongers]

*chinese starving to death* Soviets: first time?

[@rebecca4680]

China had repeated droughts and famines throughout the 1800s, so they were pretty used to starving. Great Leap Forward was probably the worst one, but definitely not the first.

[@ithemba]

Nearly every country had mass starvation during it's industrialization and the fencing in of formerly commonly accessable land. Combine that with the millions of people starving as direct consequence of colonial powers deliberate decisions. Millions starved in India, the middle east and China during the 1800s and 1900s. There even was a widespread theoretical groundwork to justify that kind of inhumanely cruel policy in the western, capitalist empires: the theory of overpopulation by Robert Malthus. Mass starvation as desired policy goal - instead of catastrophic byproduct of poor decisions.

[@Ronathanrongers]

It was just a joke :/

[@Emilechen]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKnRkouBh5mIm9E so why China becomes the biggest producer of wheat in the world?

[@williamneuenschwander5102]

They have the largest population in the world, third largest land mass, vast temperate climate, and containing over 10% of the world's arable land. And don't the Yangtze, yellow, pearl, and songhuajiang rivers. With all that in mind they better be an agricultural power house because they simply have resources that no one else has.

[@osuna3525]

*_"But that wasn't real communism"_*

[@Suth1172]

Hate to be that guy, but China wasn't communist, Communism is a stateless, classless, moneyless society where workers own the means of production. Is the Democratic Republic of Korea Democratic? If we called it so then what do we call a country that is democratic?

[@akumabakemono1447]

@@Suth1172 Of course Communism and Socialism are not the same (Socialism is the transition system betwen Capitalism and Communism) and Communism is basically Anarchism (a World without States, classes, money, private ownership, etc). But we (the ones who criticize Marxism) use Communism and Socialism as synonyms: all marxists call themselves "socialists" or "communists", so all of them want the same "Capitalism=>Abolish Capitalism=>Socialism=>Comunism" formula.

[@starguardianlux8036]

you discredit the marxists who internally criticize maoists and stalinists (tankies)

[@vondondolo1582]

@Sue Martino It's not about trust, it's about enforcing public sovereignty. Conservatives trust that removing democratic elections in favor of corporate control will result in less government, rather than the explosion of corporate welfare it always produces. Democrats want to tie government to public services that expand the resources available to small business and free enterprise. Burning the flag is what you get when people are hurt by what that flag represents. If that isn't understandable, you either have lead poisoning or you aren't human.

[@stealthyshadow567]

Oskar sutherland China at the peek of the great leap forward was exactly what Marx dreamed of. It WAS following Marxism like a bible, land redistribution, equal rations, drafting into the work force, “power” to the people. I will acknowledge now China is getting closer to capitalism but many of its communist policies remain and it is still socially a communist state.

[@kevingruenofficial]

After 18 years of public school and 4 years of college education, I finally learned about the largest mass death in history at age 27 because of the internet.

[@MustacheCashStash125]

3:35 Girl : Banging pots to scare the sparrow off The sparrow : This is fine

[@akuinator6350]

"Black humor is like communist food." "I don't get it." "Exactly."

[@andydavis3075]

Black humor?

[@garreiro100]

You had one job.

[@XXStrong1]

Andy Davis dark/gallows humor. Has nothing to do with race if that’s what you’re asking.

[@localshithead7430]

I’ve seen a lot of variations of this joke, and this is definitely the shittiest one.

[@mrsky67]

@@localshithead7430 Clearly its not, since you took the time out to respond, and notice it.

[@jareds.7063]

Love the opening with the aesthetic poster cutting away to the harsher realities

[@DanielMartinez-ne6cx]

My 7th grade history teacher showed the class this video .

[@bradolfpittler2875]

Great leap forward, two great leaps back. No body gets too far like that.

[@outdoorscholar6016]

My high school teacher once explained the Great Leap Forward in this manner: She asked for a volunteer, told them to face the wall leaving about an inch from his face. She then said “ok now jump forward as far as you can”, and there was an audible this as his forehead came into contact with the wall.

[@shturm602]

Great Leap Forward into big time insanity, retardation, and hunger

[@PartnershipsForYou]

This is such a blatant lie that it’s hilarious you even posted it

[@yoboikamil525]

@@PartnershipsForYou as someone who's from an European school, this sounds pretty plausible if OP comes from Europe

[@budoumurasaki5856]

Sparrows exist Mao: They are eating our crops! Kill them all! More crops get harmed by insects Mao: *surprised winnie the pooh face*

[@incognitoflamingo]

Murasaki Budou stop.

[@enderpup9289]

Murasaki Budou I was confused about the Winnie face but then China's backward ness

[@Wickedonezz]

@@enderpup9289 ew furry

[@DAVMCPRJT]

@@enderpup9289 because it was specifically the scare the current leader of China that's banned Winnie the Pooh on China and it's used as a slur against the Chinese leader

[@g43654]

Nah, in Burmese, he's called Mr.Shithole. www.google.com/amp/s/www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2020/01/facebook-apologises-rude-mistranslation-xi-jinping-200119071125127.html

[@synovialtrout04]

Just when you thought Hitler couldn't get more evil This guy takes #1

[@kennylee1732]

It was a blind leap into a hot steaming pile of doodoo

[@theunforgiven9386]

PRC: *Chases off Sparrows* Vermins: It's free real estate

[@abloogywoogywoo]

Odd, I chased off the Sparrows and rats in my area, and the thrushes, robins and blackbirds all returned. Obviously he couldn't even do pest control properly.

[@GroundhogKim]

No food ✔ No water ✔ No help✔ Death✔ Living in agony ✔ Mao: SOUNDS GREAT Stalin: SOUNDS AMAZING Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un: SOUNDS GOOD Pol Pot: SOUNDS FFFFFFUUUUUNNNNN Lenin: WONDERFUL Castro: COOL Hitler: THATS BEAUTIFUL

[@GroundhogKim]

@gel mibson so true

[@randomnepali7772]

Hotel: Trivago

[@GroundhogKim]

@@randomnepali7772 WTF 🤣

[@wingy200]

American Champagne Socialists: "That wasn't _real_ socialism. Let us give it a try."

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

Pol Pot: Sounds FUN!!

[@bruceli9094]

Ignorance is strength Peace is war Freedom is slavery Great leap backwards.

[@Vang2009]

The great leap backwards