I think you have overstretched Clock. That is a lot of work you put in but it is too diverse and lacks focus, i.e.
I think you are getting lost in pedantics such as 'oh that's false it wasn't 80 million, it was only 77 million. Well you can counter, 'So what u saying is 3 million people are not significant?'. No I am not but in the scheme of things, Alex is in the right ball park and it makes no difference to his argument whether it was 80 or 77 million people who died as a result of Mao's policies. Even if it was 'only' a million, the case would still stand.
It is great you put the source but would be much better if you copy pasted in the quote so people can see what they are looking for, especially where he is alleged to say the deaths are SOLELY due to gun control.
Please take this critique the way it is intended... as helpful advice and encouragement.
Here we go:
1. Mao Zedong said “political power grows out the barrel of a gun.” –True.
Alright, we’re off to a good start here, maybe Jones’ arguments are going to have a nice, solid base. From Chapter 6 of ‘On Guerilla Warfare,’ in which Zedong explains that military action is necessary to attain political action.
2. Mao Zedong killed 80 million people because he had all of the guns. –Mostly false, but partially true.
Zedong is believed to have killed close to 77 million people in China’s genocide and mass murder, but that includes deaths as a result of his policies as leader of China, including famine upon his people due to his hunger for more international power. So to claim that the deaths are SOLELY due to gun control is pretty farfetched, but I’ll give him partial credit.
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I think you are getting lost in pedantics such as 'oh that's false it wasn't 80 million, it was only 77 million. Well you can counter, 'So what u saying is 3 million people are not significant?'. No I am not but in the scheme of things, Alex is in the right ball park and it makes no difference to his argument whether it was 80 or 77 million people who died as a result of Mao's policies. Even if it was 'only' a million, the case would still stand.
It is great you put the source but would be much better if you copy pasted in the quote so people can see what they are looking for, especially where he is alleged to say the deaths are SOLELY due to gun control.
Please take this critique the way it is intended... as helpful advice and encouragement.