Mao Zedong’s plan for saving the world
If they really wanted to save the world, religious and political leaders would take a page from Mao Zedong:
Our plans, work, [and] thinking all should start with the [awareness] that we have a population of 600 million. . . . Here [we] need birth control; it would be great [if we] could lower the birth [rate] a bit. [We] need planned births. I think humanity is most inept at managing itself. It has plans for industrial production . . . [but] it does not have plans for the production of humans. This is anarchism, no government, or organization, no rules. If [we] go on this way, I think humanity will prematurely fall into strife and hasten toward destruction. (Mao Zedong quoted from Just One Child, by Susan Greenhalgh. University of California Press. 2008. p. 46.)
For a brief biography of Mao Zedong, click here.
Our plans, work, [and] thinking all should start with the [awareness] that we have a population of 600 million. . . . Here [we] need birth control; it would be great [if we] could lower the birth [rate] a bit. [We] need planned births. I think humanity is most inept at managing itself. It has plans for industrial production . . . [but] it does not have plans for the production of humans. This is anarchism, no government, or organization, no rules. If [we] go on this way, I think humanity will prematurely fall into strife and hasten toward destruction. (Mao Zedong quoted from Just One Child, by Susan Greenhalgh. University of California Press. 2008. p. 46.)
For a brief biography of Mao Zedong, click here.
Very interesting thoughts. I have been reading "Return to Middle Kingdom", by Yuan-tsung Chen who gives an amazing description of Mao Zedong. It's an insider's account of the Cultural Revolution that unravels the perplexities of modern Chinese history for the reader. This is a book I am sure you would enjoy as well.
Posted by: Melissa | June 19, 2008 at 09:44 AM