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The Cultural Revolution was described by Mao as the final realization of the principles of the Paris Commune. What does that mean? For Mao, it meant that, even though the official position of the Chinese communists, who opposed Khrushchev and his successors, seemed to be saying the opposite, we have to conclude that, on the whole, the balance sheet of Stalin was negative. Why? Because, Mao Tells us, Stalin was interested in the cadres and never the masses.

Alain Badiou, Letter from Alain Badiou to Slavoj Zizek: On the Work of Mao Zedong