history proves him right, gorbachev wouldnt have lived to 20 yo in the china that Deng grew up.

Honestly that generation of chinese communists was built different, just like Lenin generation. that quote redditors like parroting about good times weak people, bad times strong people is spot on in this context.

And since then the world has birthed a thousand little Gorbachevs and they litter the global south unfortunately

This birthmark…

I’m gonna have to disagree. He does not, in fact, look smart.