What does Mao see as the key relationship between war and imperialism? Who are the imperialists? How should China emulate their methods?

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What does Mao see as the key relationship between war and imperialism?

Mao thought that powerful western nations waged war to fulfill their expansionist and imperialistic goals.

Who are the imperialists?

The western nations such as Great Britain and France in Europe, and the United States in the Americas.

How should China emulate their methods?

After Hunan, Mao realized the way peasants were exploited by the wealthy landowners and knew that peasants were brave people that had the right to start rebellions against rich landlords. Mao knew that having a good army was necessary to defeat the wealthy people that were supported by the government.

Mao then established a solid relationship with General Chu The, considered to be one of the brightest military minds in the Army, to support the Communist movement.

The excess of precious metals in Europe has caused the continent to develop enormous inflation. Such process is called “Price Revolution”. Thus, they posted prices between countries, so that it would not fluctuate.

The simple accumulation of precious metals does not make the country a power. As a result, Portugal and Spain restricted their use within Europe and asked the other powers to strengthen this hoarding practice.

This means that when you have a large amount of money in circulation, and the production of goods does not follow, we have an inflationary process, because money becomes less valuable in relation to goods.

We now passed to Germany in the 1920s, the country had lost the First World War and was forced, through the Treaty of Versailles, to pay heavy reparations to the winners, as the national industry was in shambles, and to make matters worse, France occupied the Ruhr Valley region, the most industrialized area in the country, rich in iron and coal, the easiest way found by the Weimar Republic to pay its debts was to print money, a lot of money, this made, for example, things doubled in price every three days.