Mao vs. Ghandi
Although both Mao Zedong and Mohandas Gandhi were strong and successful rulers, their strategies towards such positions of prestige were quite different. Even their favoring views on socialism were different: Mao leaning towards a capitalistic form of socialism while Gandhi praised manual labor for all. Mao took the road of propaganda and force, while Gandhi emphasized passive resistance and worked to achieve the love of Industrialization brought forth powerful feelings from both rulers: Gandhi detested it while Mao clung to it. Gandhi, the “little brown saint,” placed his emphasis on manual labor, hoping to unify all the castes in India and humble the people of his country. After all, Gandhi did make his own clothes and adapted to the dress of peasants in his later years. In this way, he wanted his followers to see he was just like them, unlike Mao, who taught the people of his country to replace their thoughts with his own. Mao’s Little Red Book was required reading to all c
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Leap Forward, Mohandas Gandhi, Cultural Revolution, Indians Gandhi, Mao Gandhi, Salt Laws, Red Book, manual labor, passive resistance, people country, gandhi own,
Approximate Word count = 694
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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