Comments by "alex smith" (@alexsmith-ob3lu) on "Mao's Red Terror in China | Free Documentary History" video.

@richeytony21 The American Empire has always supported global communism. The Republic before the Civil War is the one that most Americans ought to be returning back to.
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Two sides of the same coin. Now ask yourself this question, if America is so anti-communist, why did America save the USSR in 1941? History is uglier than you’d imagine…
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From my studies of Chinese history, China had no leadership and no sense of direction before 1949. It was just Opium, warlords, corrupt Chinese Nationalist officials, foreign occupation, and carving up of international settlements. Mao and Chiang Kai-Shek are great military strategists/soldiers. But on the economic/financial/social level, Mao was a disaster following the Soviet model.
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@jacquelineperet6599 The world is a dangerous place.
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@jacquelineperet6599 What’s mind boggling is how much the West has given to the rest of the world. You’d be whining all day if your toaster, microwave, refrigerator, food processor, electric stove, air conditioning, electric/gas heater, ventilation fans etc. were all taken away from you, Lol.
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@先杰梁 Haha, if you think China is doing so terrible right now; you should see what’s happening to the West. Our “leaders” spend more time talking about gender or whatever nonsense than actually doing something productive.
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No, Mao was more of a military strategist than an economic/social reformer. Chiang Kai Shek was honestly not better in terms of thinking compared to Mao. Chiang was a solider and he too didn’t understand social/economic reforms.
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Thanks for sharing this documentary. Odd that we got German commentators instead of Americans. Oh well… As for the Cultural Revolution, I’ve asked several Chinese friends about that event. Their grandparents and great grandparents told them that “officially” the Cultural Revolution happened from 1966-76. But in reality, most people went about their everyday life. Not interested in doing anything political or harm to others. It was only from 1970-72 that they were required to “get very political.” But at the end of the day, the Cultural Revolution only affected people who lived in big cities. China was mostly small towns and farming villages back then. One thing that was terrifying was the 1960-61 Great Leap Forward famine. That disaster killed 20 million civilians (from what my Chinese friends have told me), but a lot of families and folks resorted to lying about their food production or fleeing to another region of China less affected (i.e.: Fukien) in order to save themselves. Crazy times, but absolute respect to the Chinese men/women who endured such hardships!!
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