Friday, November 30, 2007
Mao's famine
After finishing Skousen, Polistra has been skimming another book from that era, Iron Curtain Over America by John Beaty, printed in 1951. This book is rather more 'crankish' than Skousen, but still contains some interesting quotes.
For instance: We're now sure that some 50 million Chinese died from famine during Mao's Great Leap Forward in the late 1950s. But even non-Commie scholars argue whether the genocide was intentional or just the result of disorganization and incompetence.
They shouldn't argue.
From Beaty, 1951:
Tyrants always tell us what they intend to do. ¶ 11:35 AM
For instance: We're now sure that some 50 million Chinese died from famine during Mao's Great Leap Forward in the late 1950s. But even non-Commie scholars argue whether the genocide was intentional or just the result of disorganization and incompetence.
They shouldn't argue.
From Beaty, 1951:
Similarly, according to Chinese Nationalist sources, the Chinese Communists, backed by Russia, have decided that they must accomplish the "eventual extermination of 150,000,000 Chinese" to reduce Chinese population to "more manageable proportions."
Tyrants always tell us what they intend to do. ¶ 11:35 AM
