•Revolution

1. Who should decide what is best for ‘the people’?
The people. A government should be intrinsically dependent on what the people demand and require. When this case is reversed, the people suffer and the few in charge of governing develop a satisfying life based on the suffering of their people.

2. What makes people comply or reject?
The inequality and injustice on the government's behalf.

3. What makes a revolution successful?
The leaders and how objective are these in the process of guiding the people to a beneficial abrupt change.

4. Who are the winners in a political revolution?
If it's driven and guided by a successful leader, the people will be the mere recipients of the benefits, hence they would be the "winners".

5. What causes change in a society?
Suffering and necessity; these two aspects work as inspiration and motive in order to execute a change.

"Revolution":

 Define it in your own words:
The product between the necessity and the actions of a society. Generally, this two concepts are key ingredients in the process of seeking a change in order to end suffering.

 Look up a definition of the term:
A dramatic and wide-reaching change in the way something works or is organized or in people’s ideas about it.

 What are characteristics or acts you associate with Revolutions:
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">-Abrupt -Radical -Aggressive, yet not necessarily violent. -Followed by masses of people. -In favor or against education and intellectuality. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Revolutionary Ideas Template: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">"Equality Doesn't mean Justice":
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">The message highlights the necessity of this to concepts to coexist. Otherwise, if it's "too just" it wouldn't be "very equal" and vice-versa.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">History of China:
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">1. From the late 1800s to the 20th century, what were some of the "underlying" cause of unrest in China (Incubation period) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">2. What changes occurred in China after the revolution of 1911? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">3. Explain the role of the Nationalists and Communists in the Chinese Government <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Highlight the role of Mao in China

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">In 1949, the end of the Civil War brought the initiation of Mao's Communist rule.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">The non-followers of Mao who were not killed, escaped to Taiwan and established the Republic of China. Whereas Mao established The People's Republic of China.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">There were food shortages due to the accelerated growth of the population.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">Nothing changed much; a great part of the nation was still poor and controlled by the wealthy landowners.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">They Formed(the communist) an alliance in order to keep any type of foreign influence out of the nation. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">He identified all of the intellectuals in order to facilitate their extermination. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Mao also burnt thousands of Churches and foreign influences. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Throughout the whole process, millions of Chinese people were killed. About 3-6 million.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous. A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another. **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">— From Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">In this quote, Mao's hatred towards intellectuality is showcased. He also makes a reference to "violence", as the only just and efficient method to obtain a true revolution. //


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">The revolutionary war is a war of the masses; it can be waged only by mobilizing the masses and relying on them. **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">— From Be Concerned with the Well-Being of the Masses, Pay Attention to Methods of Work //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">In this case he's referring to the essenciality of the people in a revolutionary process. //


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">War is the highest form of struggle for resolving contradictions, when they have developed to a certain stage, between classes, nations, states, or political groups, and it has existed ever since the emergence of private property and of classes. **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">— From Problems of Strategy in China's Revolutionary War //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">He's practically saying that all of the concepts and institutions established by a society can only be contradicted by war. //


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Every Communist must grasp the truth: "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">— From Problems of War and Strategy //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Mao Tse-tung is once again making a reference to two ambiguous and complex concepts: Power and Violence. //


 * //**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">According to the quotes above how might Mao Zedong define revolution? **// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">As the only aggressive and explosive method through which a society can obtain a true change in the established order.


 * //**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Do you agree with quotes of Mao? Why or why not? (use specific evidence from the quotes) **// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">I do not share his opinions and viewpoints. Initially, I don't consider Violence as an effective method, on the contrary, I consider it the most regressive method, evolutionarily and spiritually speaking.

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