Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong. (Revolutionary force/Screenshot via The BL/ YouTube). After Los Angeles launched a pilot social assistance program guaranteeing basic income, the similarity of the name to the one established by communist leader Mao Zedong in 1958, in which millions of Chinese died, was noted.
The name is “Great: Leap,” and it seems not just a coincidence that it is similar to the “Great Leap Forward” promoted by Mao, given that both grew out of socialist ideology according to conservative media outlet Trending Politics on Oct. 31.
“Now the California Democrats have created a—wait for it—Mao-themed welfare program. That’s […]
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