emizeko [they/them] to chapotraphouse • 2 years agoyou see, it's about China *before* communismexternal-linkmessage-square40 fedilinkarrow-up189
arrow-up189external-linkyou see, it's about China *before* communismemizeko [they/them] to chapotraphouse • 2 years agomessage-square40 Commentsfedilink
minus-squareWeedian [he/him]hexbear48·2 years agoFootbinding! Warlords! Illiteracy! Imperial occupation! China before communism! link
minus-squareSoyViking [he/him]hexbear45·2 years agoOne thing that struck me listening to the Peoples' History of Ideas podcast was when they told about how Mao's family being able to eat eggs a couple of times a year made them "wealthy" compared to other peasant families. link
minus-squareleninmaycry [he/him, comrade/them]hexbear42·edit-22 years agoThat perfectly explains his crackdown on egg monopolies link
Footbinding! Warlords! Illiteracy! Imperial occupation! China before communism!
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One thing that struck me listening to the Peoples' History of Ideas podcast was when they told about how Mao's family being able to eat eggs a couple of times a year made them "wealthy" compared to other peasant families.
That perfectly explains his crackdown on egg monopolies
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