I mean, he was crazy, for that and many other reasons. It’s not like all landlords are money-grubbing greedy fucks with no other marketable skills. I’m sure many could’ve transitioned tp normal work just fine.
… Though the VCs buying up entire city blocks of houses at a time? Yea, they can be strung up from the trees…
Mao wasn’t even the one who executed landlords. He just never really cracked down on the pissed off serfs running kangaroo courts on the people who wronged them.
Remember when Mao executed landlords?
He seemed crazy at the time.
I mean, he was crazy, for that and many other reasons. It’s not like all landlords are money-grubbing greedy fucks with no other marketable skills. I’m sure many could’ve transitioned tp normal work just fine.
… Though the VCs buying up entire city blocks of houses at a time? Yea, they can be strung up from the trees…
Do you truly, actually, believe that the reign of Mao was a net positive?
No, just that his stance on landlords may be worth revisiting.
Adam Smith was also anti-landlord, FWIW.
Mao wasn’t even the one who executed landlords. He just never really cracked down on the pissed off serfs running kangaroo courts on the people who wronged them.