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Was It All Worth It
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Was It All Worth It? ... By 1956 about 95 percent of all peasants were in co-operative that consisted of between 100 and 300 families each with joint ownership of the farm and equipment. ... Teachers, professionals, local party official, all were targets; millions of people were disgraced and ruined. ... At the party conference in April 1969 the Cultural Revolution was formally ended, and Mao was declared free of all blame for what had happened. ... The government reacted to this by attempting to control imports by placing heavy duties on all imported goods expect vital raw materials and microchip equipment, hence resulting in quite an isolated nation. ...
The major avenues of Peking were blocked with bicycles, car, lorries, buses and flatbed trucks all heading for the Square, filled with people cheering, singing, playing musical instruments, waving flags, enjoying themselves. The racket of it all could be heard streets away… Victory seemed a foregone conclusion; how could any government resist a popular uprising of this magnitude. ... When asked “was it all worth it? ... Therefore I conclude that it was not in fact worth it.
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Title: Was It All Worth It
Words: 2642
Rating: None
Pages: 10.6
submitted by: sophialemos
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