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Re:Alibaba breaks itself up in six by littlestymaar on Monday April 03, 2023 @04:59PM (#35431204)
> One doesn't need to be clueless in order to lose a power struggle.

But one has to be clueless in order to start a power struggle with Xi. He's not like the old school CCP head at all (not even Mao), he's much more of an all-powerful tyrant like Stalin was. Starting a power struggle against such a ruthless despot is clueless.

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Re:Alibaba breaks itself up in six by alexandre_m on Monday April 03, 2023 @07:27PM (#35432849)
Are you suggesting that Xi is more of a tyrant than Mao?
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Re:Alibaba breaks itself up in six by jessaustin on Monday April 03, 2023 @09:43PM (#35433897)
Don't expect rational history on HN. We regularly see e.g. comparisons of Putin to Hitler.
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Re:Alibaba breaks itself up in six by littlestymaar on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @03:22AM (#35436249)
In the “single person handling all power” sense, I'd say so at least for most of Mao's reign.

Political struggles where commonplace during most of the Mao era, and it wasn't until the end of his reign (in 1969, amidst the cultural revolution) that Mao came to gain complete power over the central committee. (And by that time, he had done most of its harm already)

Two of the most historically important event of the period even happened after Mao lost a power struggle and was trying to get back on his foot: the great march and the cultural revolution.

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