Dwarkesh Patel: belief

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…Oh, I think it's because everyone's on board. The peasants have got their land, the only way they're ever going to keep it, they think, is by supporting the Communists and Mao isn't living any kind of luxurious life, there's no -- that was another thing. You have these rich officer corps and the Nationalists flaunting their wealth among absolutely starving people. And that's another reason why they're hated. Whereas the Communists never had those people, so no one's flaunting their wealth. You saw the pictures of Mao and his beloved there in the incredibly baggy clothing. No one's got luxury wear or anything. Although after they won, Mao is famously a fan of luxury and has -- right? In a way that I think Stalin would sleep on his couch in his office. Yeah, I don't know the details on Mao. Mao had other things that had to do with little girls, but anyway.…

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