Emile comments on Human Evil and Muddled Thinking - Less Wrong

40 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 13 September 2007 11:43PM

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Comment author: Broggly 16 November 2010 09:12:45PM 1 point [-]

I do remember the stories of Mao's failed agricultural policies, and that he was generally either deceived or not made aware of this fact. Are you saying that he actively caused famines and poverty to test his control over China?

Comment author: Emile 16 November 2010 09:36:30PM 5 points [-]

According to Wikipedia, he was aware of the problem.