{"id":1208,"date":"2021-10-01T06:14:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T10:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commonsensesociety.org\/?p=1208"},"modified":"2023-07-19T12:04:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T16:04:19","slug":"the-peoples-republic-of-censorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commonsensesociety.org\/nl\/2021\/10\/01\/the-peoples-republic-of-censorship\/","title":{"rendered":"The People\u2019s Republic of Censorship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">October 1 marks the seventy-second anniversary of the creation of The People\u2019s Republic of China (PRC). On that day in 1949, the Chinese Communist Party (C.C.P.) Chairman, Mao Zedong, claimed that in the PRC, war, corruption, and poverty would end, and equality, peace, and harmony would reign.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s not what happened\u2014but you\u2019d never know that from reading a Chinese history book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During Mao\u2019s twenty-seven years as chairman, the communist policies the C.C.P. unleashed led to the deadliest social and economic campaign in China\u2019s history. The Great Leap Forward abolished most private property and turned over to government control all of China\u2019s land and capital. Tools, buildings, farm animals, and even an individual\u2019s labor were socialized. Food production collapsed.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s estimated that forty-two million people starved to death. For context, that\u2019s the combined populations of Illinois, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and North Carolina. At least 2.5 million people were tortured or killed. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/volokh-conspiracy\/wp\/2016\/08\/03\/giving-historys-greatest-mass-murderer-his-due\/\">punishment<\/a> for petty crimes, such as stealing a bit of grain or digging up a potato, was death. Mao intended to unify the party and country, but his brutality and unwillingness to compromise revealed his true colors. Power was the only thing that mattered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In China today, the C.C.P. is censoring history. Mao is celebrated as a visionary, and the \u201cofficial Party history\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/china-repackages-history-xi-propaganda-communist-party-centenary-11623767590\">downplays<\/a> his brutality to preserve the C.C.P.\u2019s reputation. Such censorship clouds the truth wherever communism is tried. In China, North Korea, Cuba, Vietnam, and the U.S.S.R., totalitarian rulers collapsed the economy, disregarded basic human rights, and invaded private life. An honest look at the facts leads to only one conclusion: communism causes destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have the opportunity to avoid history\u2019s greatest mistakes, and it starts with remembering them. If we ignore the past\u2019s crucial lessons, it\u2019s common sense that we\u2019ll be doomed to repeat them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Join us in learning from history. Download our curriculum modules at no cost <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonsensesociety.org\/nl\/education\/\"><em>here<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have the opportunity to avoid history\u2019s greatest mistakes, and it starts with remembering them. 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