What Are The Mistakes Of Mao Zedong
The Mistakes of One, the Benefits of China: Mao Zedong’s Influence
Mao Zedong once said, “One cannot advance without mistakes... It is necessary to make mistakes. The party cannot be educated without learning from mistakes.” Like any other leader in the world, he made mistakes, but what set him apart from the others was that he admitted that he made them. Born to a peasant family in 1893, Mao struggled with his family to survive at a young age. Leaving his family for a better education, Mao set forth and involved himself with politics, leading to his involvement in the Communist Party. He along with his fellow communists defeated the nationalists in China’s civil war, and unified China as a whole after the last dynasty. Taking office …show more content…
Mao grew up in a peasant family and understood the struggles of being poor, not to mention, most of his comrades and advisors were from poor families. As the chairman of China, Mao did many things to improve the lives of his people. Not only did Chairman Mao improve the lives of the poor, he also improved the lives of all of the people in his country. Before Mao’s reign, in 1925, peasants were mistreated. In Katherine Gay’s book, Mao Zedong, she describes the life of peasants, “Poor peasants had organized associations… Their goal was to liberate themselves from harsh conditions that the gentry (rich landowners) forced upon them, such as high rents for farmland, payable in half or more of the harvests. Landlords were likely to beat peasants for nonpayment of rents or just to humiliate them” (16). Mao wanted to improve that lifestyle and wanted the peasants to live in happiness and peace. He issued for an uprising against the landlords, allowing the peasants to rise up against their “masters” for being mistreated for decades. He issued an uprising against landlords before, and it certainly brought justice among many of the poor in China (Lu, Shenyu). Difficult as it was, Mao improved the lives of the poor in his country. Mao gave the peasants a chance to help themselves rise in society; previously, they were to remain in poverty for generations. As a concluding point, Mao improved the lives of his people, and as a result, was a good influence on the
Mao Zedong once said, “One cannot advance without mistakes... It is necessary to make mistakes. The party cannot be educated without learning from mistakes.” Like any other leader in the world, he made mistakes, but what set him apart from the others was that he admitted that he made them. Born to a peasant family in 1893, Mao struggled with his family to survive at a young age. Leaving his family for a better education, Mao set forth and involved himself with politics, leading to his involvement in the Communist Party. He along with his fellow communists defeated the nationalists in China’s civil war, and unified China as a whole after the last dynasty. Taking office …show more content…
Mao grew up in a peasant family and understood the struggles of being poor, not to mention, most of his comrades and advisors were from poor families. As the chairman of China, Mao did many things to improve the lives of his people. Not only did Chairman Mao improve the lives of the poor, he also improved the lives of all of the people in his country. Before Mao’s reign, in 1925, peasants were mistreated. In Katherine Gay’s book, Mao Zedong, she describes the life of peasants, “Poor peasants had organized associations… Their goal was to liberate themselves from harsh conditions that the gentry (rich landowners) forced upon them, such as high rents for farmland, payable in half or more of the harvests. Landlords were likely to beat peasants for nonpayment of rents or just to humiliate them” (16). Mao wanted to improve that lifestyle and wanted the peasants to live in happiness and peace. He issued for an uprising against the landlords, allowing the peasants to rise up against their “masters” for being mistreated for decades. He issued an uprising against landlords before, and it certainly brought justice among many of the poor in China (Lu, Shenyu). Difficult as it was, Mao improved the lives of the poor in his country. Mao gave the peasants a chance to help themselves rise in society; previously, they were to remain in poverty for generations. As a concluding point, Mao improved the lives of his people, and as a result, was a good influence on the