(china’s industrial capacity clearly fucking improved its a super power)
Russia was already a super power, even if it was lagging. In 1949 the Chinese people couldn’t even build a fucking tractor.
(despite the fact that this argument is focused on physical assets and not market value)
China was a sub colonial agrarian society with 0 heavy industry. Under mao, GDP grew 10 percent every year. it looks flat because the Renminbi wasn’t traded on the global market and the economy was autarkic
the stupidity argument is so… stupid.
How can a “collapsing” economy result in a population that doubles in size and doubles its life expectancy?
If Mao’s policies were purely “stupid,” why did the most basic measures of human survival improve so drastically?
while the great leap was a failure, the other 20 years of leadership were highly efficient in every regard and metric.
He turned a country with a 35 year life expectancy and no machines into a nuclear superpower. Mind you, the second china opens up to the global market once Deng took over, it absolutely exploded into the economic miracle. disgustingly successful.
(china’s industrial capacity clearly fucking improved its a super power) Russia was already a super power, even if it was lagging. In 1949 the Chinese people couldn’t even build a fucking tractor. (despite the fact that this argument is focused on physical assets and not market value) China was a sub colonial agrarian society with 0 heavy industry. Under mao, GDP grew 10 percent every year. it looks flat because the Renminbi wasn’t traded on the global market and the economy was autarkic the stupidity argument is so… stupid. How can a “collapsing” economy result in a population that doubles in size and doubles its life expectancy? If Mao’s policies were purely “stupid,” why did the most basic measures of human survival improve so drastically? while the great leap was a failure, the other 20 years of leadership were highly efficient in every regard and metric. He turned a country with a 35 year life expectancy and no machines into a nuclear superpower. Mind you, the second china opens up to the global market once Deng took over, it absolutely exploded into the economic miracle. disgustingly successful.