New York Times: Special Report

Viktor Jav said:

Until they get another Mao, who gets all the cards and 0 objections to any policies he enact, despite how ridiculous it sounds.

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I don't think you understand how Mao rose to power. It didn't just happen out of the blue, you know.

Bo Xilai is a good example. He was trying to gain power by cultivating old revolutionary sentiments. You know what happened to him.

The CCP is an organization that learns from its mistakes.

Mao was a leader who got clearly out of his depth. He was a great revolutionary leader in terms of his effectiveness but he never did administrate China properly once he got into power. He was a terrible civilian administrator. It is not always the case that a great revolution or military leader can be a great civilian leader. Those who are able to do both things are quite rare. Most revolutionary leaders typically are piss poor at administrative skills.