All the President's Mao
February 25, 2010 01:43 Sounds like an invasion by CPUSA!
Mao expressed the central elements in his own character, which stayed consistent for the remaining six decades of his life and defined his rule.
Mao's attitude to morality consisted of one core, the self, "I," above everything else:
"I do not agree with the view that to be moral, the motive of one's action has to be benefiting others. Morality does not have to be defined in relation to others... People like me want to ... satisfy our hearts to the full, and in doing so we automatically have the most valuable moral codes. Of course there are people and objects in the world, but they are all there only for me."*
Mao shunned all constraints of responsibility and duty.
"People like me only have a duty to ourselves; we have no duty to other people." "I am responsible only for the reality that I know," he wrote, "and absolutely not responsible for anything else. I don't know about the past. I don't know about the future. They have nothing to do with the reality of my own self."
He explicitly rejected any responsibility towards future generations.
"Some say one has a responsibility for history. I don't believe it. I am only concerned about developing myself... I have my desire and act on it. I am responsible to no one.
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He argued that conscience could go to hell if it was in conflict with his impulses:
"These two should be one and the same. All our actions...are driven by impulse, and the conscience that is wise goes along with this in every instance."
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When he came to the question, "How do we change [China]?" Mao laid the utmost emphasis on destruction:
"...the country must be...destroyed and then re-formed."
He extended this line not just to China but to the whole world -- and event the universe:
"This applies to the country, the nation, and to mankind... The destruction of the universe is the same... People like me long for its destruction, because when the old universe is destroyed, a new universe will be formed. Isn't that better!" **
"I am a radical, Leftist, small "c" Communist.... Maybe I am the last Communist willing to admit it.... The ethics of Communism still appeal to me."
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