the maoist uprising against the landlords was the largest and most comprehensive proletarian revolution in history, and led to almost totally-equal redistribution of land among the peasantry
Ironically, this was a reason why Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea have some semblance of a good quality of life and are pretty strong capitalist countries. Land reform in Japan was because they were afraid of communists and they have a great health care system to tranquilize any radical spirit. In the Philippines, the landlords did not do this despite the USA telling them that they probably should do it in order to stop communism. This results in the shitty landlord economy as a push factor that put rural residents into Philippines' cities, tons of peasants because landlords still operate haciendas there, and braindrain into anglo countries.
the maoist uprising against the landlords was the largest and most comprehensive proletarian revolution in history, and led to almost totally-equal redistribution of land among the peasantry
Ironically, this was a reason why Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea have some semblance of a good quality of life and are pretty strong capitalist countries. Land reform in Japan was because they were afraid of communists and they have a great health care system to tranquilize any radical spirit. In the Philippines, the landlords did not do this despite the USA telling them that they probably should do it in order to stop communism. This results in the shitty landlord economy as a push factor that put rural residents into Philippines' cities, tons of peasants because landlords still operate haciendas there, and braindrain into anglo countries.