“Jung Chang said that Mao ruled by getting people to hate each other: ‘Mao had managed to turn the people into the ultimate weapon of dictatorship. That was why under him there was no real equivalent of the KGB in China. There was no need. In bringing out and nourishing the worst in people, Mao had created a moral wasteland and a land of hatred.” MoralityHatredMaoKgbMaoismMaoist China Book:Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century Source: Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century
“Part of the Maoist project was the deliberate construction of a new moral identity. To do this it was necessary to destroy people’s previous sense of who they were and to make sure there was no room for it grow back.” MoralityChinaMaoMaoismMaoist China Book:Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century Source: Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century