you can not judge Mao by your own losss or gain.

I was brain washed by Mao-haters in 1979-1988. My family was persecuted for no reasons ( He was only a incument of a government agency ( luckily he was also PLA officer in active duty, which spared his life).

I did not understand the purpose of Mao until I went overseas. I had the information and data avalailable and spent a whole summer in Liberary of Congress in D.C in 1990.

during 1996 and 2000, I had the opportunity to work in China and looked at what exactly happend in China ( success stories of my relatives, old boys).

Mao exactly predicted what is going to happen, but he did not have enouh time for his agenda, and it is hard to fight with teh greedy human nature.