On Contradiction

And I was actually surprised at how important ideology was for both sides.

So one of the main reasons utilized by scholars on both sides is that our timeline fits better with Marxist dialectics, right? And Mao in particular, Mao Zedong wrote an essay called On Contradiction.

Actually, during the war with Japan, in which he talks about when the what he calls the principal contradiction in society changes.

And he gives multiple examples from modern Chinese history of when this happened, like, for instance, during the century of humiliation, during the 1911 revolution that ended the Qing dynasty.

So one of the main reasons utilized by scholars on both sides is that our timeline fits better with Marxist dialectics.

And Mao in particular, Mao Zedong wrote an essay called On Contradiction, actually during the war with Japan, in which he talks about when the, what he calls the principal contradiction in society changes.

And he gives multiple examples from modern Chinese history of when this happened, like for instance, during the century of humiliation, during the 1911 revolution that ended the Qing dynasty.

So, the scholars in the Northeast say, hey, this principal contradiction in society, which this, I don't know how much background I should get into, but in Marxist dialectics, right, the classic principal contradiction would be between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie, which Marx saw as a principal contradiction at that particular point in time.

So one of the main reasons utilized by scholars on both sides is that our timeline fits better with Marxist dialectics.

And Mao in particular, Mao Zedong wrote an essay called On Contradiction, actually during the war with Japan, in which he talks about when the, what he calls the principal contradiction in society changes.

And he gives multiple examples from modern Chinese history of when this happened, like for instance, during the century of humiliation, during the 1911 revolution that ended the Qing dynasty.

So, the scholars in the Northeast say, hey, this principal contradiction in society, which this, I don't know how much background I should get into, but in Marxist dialectics, right, the classic principal contradiction would be between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie, which Marx saw as a principal contradiction at that particular point in time.

So one of the main reasons utilized

by scholars on both sides is that our timeline fits better with Marxist dialectics, right? And Mao in particular, Mao Zedong wrote an essay called On Contradiction, Actually, during the war with Japan, in which he talks about when the what he calls the principal contradiction in society changes.

And he gives multiple examples from modern Chinese history of when this happened, like, for instance, during the century of humiliation, during the 1911 revolution that ended the Qing dynasty.

So, the scholars in the Northeast say, hey, this principal contradiction in society, which this, I don't know how much background I should get into, but in Marxist dialectics, right, the classic principal contradiction would be between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie, which Marx saw as a principal contradiction at that particular point in time.