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“It's sadly predictable that the only way you can come up with a way to celebrate the liberation you feel at leaving the old system behind is by coming up with a "system of liberation", as if such a thing could exist - but that's what we can expect from those who have never known anything other than systems and systematizing, I guess.”

Quote by Mao Zedong

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Mao Zedong, born on December 26, 1893, in Xiangtan County, Hunan Province, and died on September 9, 1976. He was one of the founders of the Communist Party of China and served as the Chairman of the People's Republic of China. Mao played a significant role in the history of China's revolution and construction, proposing many theories and practices with profound influence. more

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