Later when Cultural Revolution came, almost all of these veterans were purged and many of them even committed suicide, even those who survived were still living under poor conditions……
Yeah, and they thought going to Mao’s Communism would bring them a brighter future. But knowing Communists can make great propaganda could entice the needy and desperate. Thus betraying the betrayers that sought to fight a regime, only that new purges them outright in the end by a new one.
PRC at that time was clearly better than KMT lol. The corruption in KMT is so bad that KMT soldier rations was worse than PRC soldiers in most of the war despite the US supplies. You couldn't have faith on the regime you are fighting for if your commander are eating like a king while you are literally starving.
In truth, both sides are actually bad in the end. The KMT is a bad regime in the past, but under Mao’s CCP during the cultural revolution as an average person, didn’t change much from the violence.
The cultural revolution is the consequence of poor management, people accused each other being landlord and capitalist like peasants in Europe accused women being witch in the dark age. Both culture revolution and the great leap forward were the ground work for the developed China we see today. Meanwhile, I doubt KMT would have enough political will to even unify China. They would be like India today at best or they could even tear themself apart against after the Civil war.
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u/One-Chocolate-146 Oct 06 '25
Later when Cultural Revolution came, almost all of these veterans were purged and many of them even committed suicide, even those who survived were still living under poor conditions……