Also Liu Shaoqi apparently

Maoists have some of the worst takes imaginable

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    2 years ago

    Yeah, from what I understand, he always sympathized with communism but was also smart enough to not espouse it openly until he knew he could firmly defend the revolution. He actually got quite a bit of support from the US in overthrowing Batista, which made them all the more pissed when they found out they had actually been helping a communist.