Mao Tse-Tung is to this day, viewed by many as a father of communism, on par with Lenin, Stalin and other heroes of the old Soviet Union. He is deified by the ruling Chinese communist party and is seen as a brilliant tactician and ideologue by Marxist-Leninists and mainstream communists worldwide. He is seen by many to have a lasting legacy both within China and throughout the world that promotes communism as a viable, sustainable …showed first 75 words of 2042 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2042 total…unfit to hold power. The leadership of the People's Republic of China keeps his cult of personality alive today to enforce the power of the state over the Chinese populace, to keep the people oppressed under communist social policies while opening up economically to benefit the richest, most influential members of Chinese society. Communism has nothing to do with love. Communism is an excellent hammer which we use to destroy our enemy. -- Mao Tse-Tung