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China 1949-1960? Wtf? Yeah we helped the national forces cause we were trying to stop a bloodthirsty dictator from killing 50 million of his people.
Comment by ominous_squirrel at 03/12/2019 at 20:12 UTC
148 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Using TikTok to discuss geopolitical issues when that platform is fully under the purview and influence of the Chinese government doesn’t show great judgement.
Comment by LatePiezoelectricity at 03/12/2019 at 20:25 UTC
29 upvotes, 3 direct replies
The Chinese and Taiwanese are ever so thankful for that
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiang_Kai-shek#Mass_deaths_under_Nationalist_rule
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Terror_(Taiwan[1])
1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Terror_(Taiwan
Comment by [deleted] at 03/12/2019 at 20:25 UTC
19 upvotes, 1 direct replies
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Comment by AutomaticAccident at 03/12/2019 at 23:58 UTC
16 upvotes, 1 direct replies
The nationalists killed a shit ton of people too. And were also led by a dictator. There really wasn't going to be a government for the people even if they won.
Comment by Swan50 at 03/12/2019 at 19:45 UTC
10 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Doesn't support the agenda she's trying to push, so she'll just leave the reason we got involved out.
Comment by UTLRev1312 at 03/12/2019 at 23:49 UTC
7 upvotes, 1 direct replies
uh oh, they changed the death toll ^of ^^gommunism ^^^again
Comment by nottyron at 03/12/2019 at 21:26 UTC
5 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Not saying that Mao is good, he was terrible, but Chiang kai-Shek wasn't much better. I suppose it boils down to the lesser of two evils?
Comment by [deleted] at 03/12/2019 at 22:17 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Reddit: "I hate America because it's the best"
Comment by siver_the_duck at 04/12/2019 at 08:15 UTC
3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
The US could have never known that Mao's policies will lead to mass starvation, the US only cares about protecting business interests there since China has vast natural resources. Also the Kuomintang wasn't good either, they were at first aligned with Nazi Germany and fucked a lot of poor people over
Comment by [deleted] at 04/12/2019 at 10:57 UTC
3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Mao did nothing wrong bastard
Comment by joemama_keanureeves at 04/12/2019 at 12:06 UTC
3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
100 BILLION ZILLION GORILLION PEOPLE DEAD BECAUSE OF COMMUNISM™ ALWAYS OBEY YOUR POLICE!
Comment by [deleted] at 04/12/2019 at 02:30 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Because we obviously knew of the future before it happened.
Let’s be real here, the United States intervened to stop the spread of communism because after Nazi Germany was defeated, the military industrial complex was not ready to chill out.
Saying that is like saying, “We went to war with Germany to stop Hitler from killing millions of people.” We didn’t find out about Hitler’s final solution until the Russians reported on the camps in Poland. We didn’t believe the report until we found the camps ourselves in Germany.
Comment by nemofoot at 04/12/2019 at 09:25 UTC
1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Nationalist dictator killed quite a few people as well...
Comment by Coroxn at 04/12/2019 at 09:29 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
The consequences were that a US-supportrd leader then committed actual genocide.
America gets involved, and the worst possible outcome becomes true, as usual.
Comment by SBGoldenCurry at 04/12/2019 at 12:05 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
By helping the other blood thirsty party yayyyy.
The US should not involve themselves with other nations affairs.
Comment by [deleted] at 04/12/2019 at 14:03 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
National forces who killed a million people by blowing up the Yangtze river dam and massacring communists while they were allied with the communists? Jesus hows that boot taste?
Comment by Death_Soup at 04/12/2019 at 07:59 UTC
0 upvotes, 1 direct replies
And we need to do it again. I'm almost always firmly against military intervention but what China is currently doing to their own people (Uyghurs, Hong Kong, mass surveillance on the entire population, among many other things) is too disgusting to ignore. They have the potential to eclipse Nazi Germany, mark my words. Let's not wait until too late and then say "we didn't think they'd go this far, whoops 🤷🏻♂️"
Comment by boobaa180 at 04/12/2019 at 10:16 UTC
0 upvotes, 0 direct replies
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