How would Mao Tse-Tung have handled a crisis like the 1989 Tienanmen square protests

[Hongfan91]

How would he have handled something like that?

 

[Tom Colton]

Based on the Hundred Flowers campaign? Summary executions all around.

 

[ggarner57]

You're talking about a man who is responsible for more death than Stalin or hitler. Things wouldn't be pretty.

 

[AnywhereButOTL]

Add a zero or two onto the end of OTL's butcher's bill and you've got a good start...

 

[Kung Fucious]

Poorly .

 

[Richard V]

Mao would never allow any protest he didn't orchestrate in the first place.

 

[Kaiser K]

This is about a good a question as it would be if you asked how Hitler would react to Jewish protests in the streets of Berlin over the Nuremburg Laws.

In short, Mao was a madman and would have butchered the students.

 

[black angel]

its pretty unlikely that it'd have happened at all, it came out of the liberalization of the Chinese economy, greater openness to the West, and more college education and liberalization with-in the education system, all things Mao would have rather chewed off his own face than allow

if some protests happened, well, murder for some, lengthy prison camp stays for others!

 

[Masteroftheuniverse]

Mao really didn't have much tolerance for opposition.

 

[Alex1guy]

He brutally massacres them or interns them in labor camps because he was a colossal prick. As Black Angel said I doubt the students would have even allowed China to liberalize to the extent it did to even facilitate the protests.

 

[Realpolitik]

Mao loved students causing chaos. One little known fact is that both sides accused the other of wanting to recreate the Cultural Revolution.

That said, unless it was against him. He would tolerate this for five seconds at best, damn the world thinks.

 

[John Farson]

So far it's 30 to 1.

 

[Dumanios]

I'm more curious about that 1 who said "better".

 

[Napoleon IV]

So far it's 30 to 1.

I want to hear the opinion of the 1.

Mao would keep killing protestors until the army ran out of bullets.

 

[Undeadmuffin]

I think mao would had been more receptive ...


To the army needs in ammo

 

[Seleucus]

I'm not quite sure what to make of the original poster. On one hand, asking the question (which seems so obvious to us and the community) has the implication that they believe there's a chance that Mao would actually be less violent, i.e. that they're a Mao sympathizer. Which is sadly a common trait among some in the left (see e.g. Tony Benn.)

On the other hand, if the original poster is sympathetic to Mao and the PRC, why the heck are they using the atrocious Wade-Giles?

 

[Vingilótë]

Weeeellll, Mao's own personal secretary thought he was a psychopath who placed no value on human life and was also quick to react to any threat, real or imagined. Take a wild guess.

 

[black angel]

Weeeellll, Mao's own personal secretary thought he was a psychopath who placed no value on human life and was also quick to react to any threat, real or imagined. Take a wild guess.

Mao loved Chaos and was deeply dismissive of people's worries about death, (while being obsessive about his whole health and safety and ways to lengthen his life) so yeah, Mao was a psychopath who loved fucking up shit

 

[Epstein]

On the other hand, if the original poster is sympathetic to Mao and the PRC, why the heck are they using the atrocious Wade-Giles?

Wade-Giles is literally worse than Hitler.

 

[Gaius Julius Magnus]

With the up most rationality, statesmanship, and level-headed approach you could expect of any great leader.

Oh, OTL Mao? Better get a few more thousand body bags.