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Edited Sep 04, 2009, 17:04
Cope on Mao
Sep 04, 2009, 17:00
Cope’s wide off the mark in endorsing Mao: The Unknown Story. The book might be an entertaining read, but as scholarship, it’s worthless. Many of the author's sources are unverifiable, and some of the people she’s interviewed have latter complained that she took what they said out of context. She also has a consistent tendency, when presented with conflicting bits of information, to take the piece most damming to Mao. For those actually interested in the topic, I would recommend Mobo Gao’s The Battle for China’s Past, recently published by Pluto Press.
I also take strong issue with Cope’s comment, “does she think that we Westerners are as brainwashed as the fucking commies? We’re not!” This is either incredibly elitist or incredibly naïve. I invite anyone who thinks the average Westerner isn’t brainwashed by consumerism and/or religion to visit my country, America.
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