There’s kinda a large gap between Jefferson being a sexual predator and Mao allowing 25+ million people to starve in the great leap forward. Definitely feels like one requires ignoring a lot more in order to defend.
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UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 16 hours agoWhy do they even like Mao so much?
Same reason Americans love George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Adam Smith.
He’s a Founding Father of the modern nation, a spiritual progenitor of their economic philosophy, and a guy with tons of media to play up as nostalgia bait for the Chinese equivalent MAGA nationalists.
zeejoo@thelemmy.club 16 hours ago
psycholocomotor_no2@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 hours ago
It wasn’t as if he intentionally caused the famine.
There’s abusing someone and owning slaves vs. accidentally shooting yourself in the leg, and by “yourself” I mean the whole country that you started.
zeejoo@thelemmy.club 3 hours ago
No, but he did intentionally Sanction the murders of millions of people. Still wanna compare the two?
copingwithelmons@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
There’s no winner in this battle.
I don’t think I’d invite Jefferson or mao for dinner.
Or you know, place them in the hall of fame.
copingwithelmons@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Okay, makes sense.
He’s meant to be a legendary figure.
yucandu@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Same reason Americans love George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Adam Smith.
The average Americans have never heard of Adam Smith.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
The average Americans have never heard of Adam Smith.
Going to have to see your homework on that one
EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 hours ago
I’ve never understood the stereotype that Americans idolize a bunch of old white guys from the 1700s.
Most people I know don’t give a single shit about them, and the ones that do are very vocal about their dislike of them.
It’s pretty widely accepted that they were all garbage human beings by today’s standards.
If you mean Republicans idolizing them but only in specific circumstances that support bigoted worldviews, then sure.
guycls@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Yeah, doesn’t look like you guys are beating the stereotype of supporting garbage people
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kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 hours ago
What, because we haven’t torn down a massive stone monument from 1941? The vast majority of us weren’t even born when it was completed. Are you going to condemn Chinese people for not blowing up the Terracotta Army?
guycls@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Remind me, do Germans have a national memorial park for Hitler?
Is it too much to ask them to not do that, if so?
You guys keep praising/worshipping rapists and pedophiles and maintains grand monuments dedicated to them.
That’s the problem I’m referring to.
pleiades@lemmy.ml 7 hours ago
Have you ever talked to a Texan, or anyone over 50?