"the worst effects of the famine were directed against enemies of the regime."
Yes that would indicate that the worst effects determined politically. That doesn't mean Mao created a famine, the thing that killed tens of millions of people, to punish those citizens that had the wrong politics and ideas like the claim said
> One of them killed tens of millions (!) of their own citizens for having the wrong politics and ideas[0]
For all your moralizing and posturing, you're have been amazing deceitful in your intellectual dishonesty. Stop bringing up points that distort the actual points being argued as if I can't tell that's what you're doing.
> That doesn't mean Mao created a famine, the thing that killed tens of millions of people, to punish those citizens that had the wrong politics and ideas like the claim said
The cited sources literally state that Mao's regime was fully capable of feeding its own people and chose not to because grain exports were deemed a higher priority.
Are you refuting that? If so, then on what grounds? If not, then the claim that "Mao created a famine" and "the famine disproportionately targeted enemies of Mao's regime" are somehow entirely disconnected is an amazing feat of mental gymnastics.
> you're have been amazing deceitful in your intellectual dishonesty
Hello there, Pot. Nice to meet you! I'm Kettle.
> Stop bringing up points that distort the actual points being argued as if I can't tell that's what you're doing.
TIL presenting facts is "distort[ing] the actual points being argued".
"The cited sources literally state that Mao's regime was fully capable of feeding its own people and chose not to because grain exports were deemed a higher priority."
Ah well, looks like I learned something new today.
"TIL presenting facts is "distort[ing] the actual points being argued". "
Yes that would indicate that the worst effects determined politically. That doesn't mean Mao created a famine, the thing that killed tens of millions of people, to punish those citizens that had the wrong politics and ideas like the claim said
> One of them killed tens of millions (!) of their own citizens for having the wrong politics and ideas[0]
For all your moralizing and posturing, you're have been amazing deceitful in your intellectual dishonesty. Stop bringing up points that distort the actual points being argued as if I can't tell that's what you're doing.