Comparing Mao Zedong And Deng Xiaoping

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Who deserves more praise? Thomas Edison or Nick Holonyak? Nick Holonyak created the LED light bulb and no one knows his name, but Thomas Edison discovered electricity, and everyone knows his. The instigators of change deserve to be honored more than those who built on top of the pioneer’s shoulders. Both Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping shaped China’s future for the better; However, Mao Zedong deserves to be more honored because he was able to incite a revolution in China and fundamentally change the way the country viewed politics and their social structure, where Deng Xiaoping was only able to build off of Mao Zedong’s historical advances.
Mao Zedong should be honored for setting the basis of what Xiaoping achieved because everything he did achieve was based off Mao’s work and would not have been possible without him. The Chinese Revolution, led by Mao Zedong, was groundbreaking and shaped the people’s republic of China that Deng led after Mao’s death. Mao led the communists and proletariat in an overthrow of the government in place, leading to a government led by the people. Deng turned China in a more westernized direction, which was clearly …show more content…
Mao was no passive leader; He believed that actions must be taken to achieve political goals. Although this stance seems extreme, at a time when the people had nothing under an oppressive government, violence is the only way out. This is paralleled throughout history in the American Revolution, Middle Eastern revolutions, the Russian revolution, African revolutions, and the French Revolution. Bringing about fundamental and significant results is something that Mao achieved that Deng never did. Mao was able to see the big picture. While revolution creates immediate suffering, it leads to long term progress, which he
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