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[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (3 children)

"Oops! I killed 15 million people, but it was an accident. My bad. Who knew forcibly moving all the farmers to the city and making them work in factories would cause a famine?"

-Mao, probably

PS: 15 million is the low end number. 15-55 million is the commonly accepted number, with some estimates as high as 70 million.

At some point you'd think he'd look around and notice.

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 8 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Lol what's your source on this, the black book? Also do you think Mao was like the king of China or?

[–] bort@hexbear.net 7 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

They did notice, and very quickly changed policy.

The Great Chinese Famine was an enormous tragedy but it very obviously wasn't deliberate.

Also important to note, after a constant cycle of famine throughout its history, this was China's last. The CPC worked hard to make sure something like it would never happen again.

[–] john_brown@hexbear.net 7 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

So you think Mao decided starving his own people benefited him? Why?

[–] ThirdConsul@lemmy.ml -4 points 8 hours ago

I'm sorry, but why would that matter? We tend to judge people by their actions, not their intent, when it comes to mass deaths.

Right?