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** Then again, as stated later on this page, the Great Leap Forward started off well, being based on successful 1930s industrialization of the Soviet Union, but a number of factors caused it to crash and burn.
** It also didn't help that many of the agricultural "innovations" used for the Great Leap were based on the ideas of [[Mad Scientist|the now discredited Soviet biologist]] [[You Fail Economics Forever|Trofim]] [[You Fail Biology Forever|Lysenko]].
** The Hundred Flowers Movement: Sometime after the establishment of the People's Republic, Mao felt that free expression of complaints and criticisms was part of a Socialist utopia and declared complete freedom on the matter. It...didn't go well. The movement was aborted and many people found themselves subjected to exile or re-education. That said, there is still debate on whether Mao genuinely wanted to "let the thousand flowers bloom" or [[Xanatos Gambit|if it was simply a trick to expose people who were critical of the regime]]. For all we know, it went [[JustAll AsAccording Plannedto Plan]].
* [[Farm Boy]]: He was born a peasants son.
* [[Freudian Excuse]]: As noted, he had abusive parents. Also, ALL of his brothers and sisters either died young or were executed by the Kuomintang or local warlords.