Cameron Maynard Reaction

The “Mao Zedong Genocide” is truly horrible. If i had to go through something like this, I would do everything i could to leave. I mean not only was China going through an economic depression, but they were also starving. All the while, their leader, Mao Zedong, had plenty of food and made things ten times worse for his people. He did this many ways. One way is his severe punishments for small crimes. For example, if a kid were to steal a simple potato from the market they would be tied up, attached to some weights,and cast into a river for a few minutes. Not only that, but whether the kid lived through this or not, it didn’t matter. Even if the kid lived his/her family would have to bury them alive. This can and did scar thousands and thousands of people. This is just horrifying. I honestly think that this man, Mao Zedong, is right up there with Hitler and Stalin on the “worst person ever” scale. Not only were the punishments outrageous but also some of the rules that were put into place during this time. One of the rules that i personally think is the worst is the rule about old and sick people. This rule states that if a guard thought that someone was to old or sickly then they were permitted to to ban them from every market place no matter what their condition may be. On top of that, if they went against their banning then they would be brutally punished. I don’t understand why the Chinese people didn’t rebel against him sooner. I do have to give them credit for rebelling but I still don’t think they they did it early enough. They waited too long so I think that could be the main reason why it was so much more of a struggle to tear and strip him of his power. I just wish that the people with higher status helped out the lower status and the peasants a little bit more. This whole thing is still just completely messed up. The fact that someone who is the leader of a great nation like China would just let all those hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people starve to death and die and even punish them and have them killed even though they are suffering enough. Even the fact that they would force a family to bury their family member dead alive if they stole some food for their family. I just can't get over nor stress enough how terrible of not only a leader but also how horrible of a person Mao Zedong is. China could be ten times better off if he he actually helped his people and tried to make things better for his country and his people. Over all, i just think that Mao Zedong is one of the worst people to have ever walked on this planet.