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What was Maos ideology?

Marxist revolution o There was class struggle during Mao Zedongs rule, with the bourgeoisie eliminated during the Anti-Rightist campaign and landowners killed during the Cultural Revolution. The importance of peasants o Mao sent millions of students to the countryside to learn from the peasants because they were supposed to be the most revolutionary o He thought the peasants were the one that were going to drive forward the country. A two-space revolution o The first revolution starts right after the Communists take power when private ownership is allowed and then the second revolution comes with the Great Leap Forward and collectivization. o Hundred Flowers Campaign followed by the Anti-Rightist Movement. Mass mobilization o Mao mobilized the population for his political campaigns like the Hundred Flowers campaign Continuous revolution o Mao launched the Cultural Revolution in part because he felt that China was calm again and he believed in continuous revolution. Self-criticism o Government officials that were purged were forced to make brutal self-criticisms, like Liu Shaoqi after the Great Leap Forward o Constant feature of his reign: landlords, officials, intellectuals o Hundred Flowers Campaign o Mao never did a self-criticism Ruthless determination o Millions died during the Great Famine because Mao wanted to collectivize the economy o Nuclear Ambitions even though people were dying o Cultural Revolution and the colossal destruction The primacy of Mao Zedong Thought o Mao Zedong Thought ruled everyday life, as evidenced during the Cultural Revolution when the Little Red Book was used as a bible.

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