The Hall of Evil: Mao Zedong | Paul Kengor

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🗓️ 3 March 2025

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Mao Zedong was one of the most brutal dictators in history, leading the Chinese Communist Party through a reign of terror that starved, oppressed, and killed over 50 million people. In this PragerU 5-Minute Video, Paul Kengor, Professor of Political Science at Grove City College, uncovers the horrific truth about Mao’s regime—from the Great Leap Forward to the Cultural Revolution—and the devastating impact of communism on China in the 20th century. Discover why Mao’s legacy remains a chilling warning. This video was made possible through a generous donation from the Robert W. Plaster Foundation, part of the Robert W. Plaster Foundation Playlist: Free Enterprise Will Set You Free, which educates Americans on the virtues of our nation's founding principles and the consequences of straying from them. This video is part of a series. Click here to watch the entire Hall of Evil series Get all our content ad-free on PragerU.com or download the PragerU app: https://l.prageru.com/45GvWlu Follow PragerU on social media: YouTube Instagram X/Twitter Facebook Rumble Follow Dr. Paul Kengor: Instagram: Faith and Freedom, The American Spectator X: Dr. Paul Kengor, The American Spectator Facebook: The American Spectator, Faith and Freedom Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I made you think you
0:01.6	My name is Cadence Sinclair
0:03.8	Some people call us American royalty
0:06.4	We were liars
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0:09.4	We were happy
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0:14.3	Something terrible happened last summer
0:17.3	And I have no memory of what
0:19.0	Or who hurt me
0:20.0	No one in my family will tell me.
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0:28.9	Prime Video. The morbid distinction of being directly responsible for the death of more people
0:36.0	than any human being in history belongs to
0:38.7	Mao Saddam, the dictator of China from 1949 until his death in 1976.
0:45.0	Born on December 26, 1893, Mao was the son of a prosperous farmer who had lifted himself
0:51.3	from poverty. From the time Mao learned to read, he was obsessed with books.
0:56.2	His first job was as a librarian. In his 20s, he ran a bookstore selling Communist Party propaganda.
1:03.0	Mao became a Marxist not out of idealism. His only ideal was Mao. The plight of the Chinese people
1:09.1	meant nothing to him, not as a young man and not as a dictator.
1:13.5	For Mao, other people existed to be used. Their lives didn't matter at all. In the early 1920s,
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