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Houses are for living, not for speculation (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 2 months ago by eah@programming.dev to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 9 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Remember when Mao executed landlords?

He seemed crazy at the time.

[–] NuclearDolphin@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

Mao wasn't even the one who executed landlords. He just never really cracked down on the pissed off serfs running kangaroo courts on the people who wronged them.

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