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Is a Fair Society Possible?

Is a Fair Society Possible?. Was Maoist China a Fair Society?. A Powerpoint by Aidan Linscott. Is Economic Fairness Possible?. YES. In communist China, all workers got paid the same wages In 1981 53% of the Chinese people lived below poverty levels, in 2011, it was 8%.

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Is a Fair Society Possible?

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  1. Is a Fair Society Possible? Was Maoist China a Fair Society? A Powerpoint by Aidan Linscott

  2. Is Economic Fairness Possible? YES In communist China, all workers got paid the same wages In 1981 53% of the Chinese people lived below poverty levels, in 2011, it was 8%

  3. Is Social Fairness Possible? YES NO • Over 2 million landlords were executed when the Agrarian Reform Law was put into effect just because they owned properties • When Tibetans revolted in 1951, the PLA violently suppressed the revolt and brutally killed tens of thousands in the process, people who the Chinese government thought of as their own people In communist China, all workers got paid the same wages In 1981 53% of the Chinese people lived below poverty levels, in 2011, it was 8%

  4. Is Judicial Fairness Possible? YES NO • Over 2 million landlords were executed when the Agrarian Reform Law was put into effect just because they owned properties • When Tibetans revolted in 1951, the PLA violently suppressed the revolt and brutally killed tens of thousands in the process, people who the Chinese government thought of as their own people • In the Chinese court system, they have a 99% conviction rate. That leaves we outsiders to imagine that those people who are convicted have no chance to prove that they are innocent In communist China, all workers got paid the same wages In 1981 53% of the Chinese people lived below poverty levels, in 2011, it was 8% The land reform that went on during the early years of Mao Zedong’s reign had some good outcome, the landlords had limited political power allowing the people to feel that they could voice their own opinion

  5. Is a Fair Society Possible? Was Maoist China a Fair Society? You decide.

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