The Triumph

Many of the Chinese people did not hate chairman Mao because they were all brainwashed. Chairman controlled everything, their education, things they read, and heard, they only heard good things about Mao. To the Chinese people Mao was like god. However after Mao died, China's society realized that the Cultural Revolution was all about power struggle. They realized that chairman Mao took advantage of the country's trust and loyalty to manipulate the country.  The lesson learned from the Cultural Revolution was that without a legal system like the U.S. a person or group of people can easily take control of a country. This is what lead China to embrace Capitalism in the 80s.