The only reason I wouldn't include Mao is that I wanted to include Lenin.
Lenin would deff. be a great choice, he was a good leader, much better than Stalin.
Mao and Lenin both had a great vision of the future; Lenin died before he made Russia great, Mao's work wasn't ocntinued by the next leader so China never became the Communist state Mao wanted.
All commies know that a country doesn't become a successful communist state before a (1) violent revolution, (2) rule by a dictator, and (3) a lot of time.
Changing a society takes time, and the heirs of Lenin and Mao didn't want to keep on working towards the Marxist vision.
Rebuilding a huge nation like Russia or China after a long and bloody war is not easy, it would be unreasonable to expect the already poor countries recover immidiately a huge war. Lenin and Mao didn't have time to rebuild the economy, but they did unite the nation.
Understand that even now that Russia is democratic it is not any better off than it was during the communist era. It is still poor and crappy. China is doing better economically and it is communist. Maybe Mao and Lenin were right about communism...
Lenin would deff. be a great choice, he was a good leader, much better than Stalin.
Mao and Lenin both had a great vision of the future; Lenin died before he made Russia great, Mao's work wasn't ocntinued by the next leader so China never became the Communist state Mao wanted.
All commies know that a country doesn't become a successful communist state before a (1) violent revolution, (2) rule by a dictator, and (3) a lot of time.
Changing a society takes time, and the heirs of Lenin and Mao didn't want to keep on working towards the Marxist vision.
Rebuilding a huge nation like Russia or China after a long and bloody war is not easy, it would be unreasonable to expect the already poor countries recover immidiately a huge war. Lenin and Mao didn't have time to rebuild the economy, but they did unite the nation.
Understand that even now that Russia is democratic it is not any better off than it was during the communist era. It is still poor and crappy. China is doing better economically and it is communist. Maybe Mao and Lenin were right about communism...