“...Smart enough to paraphrase some historical greats is about it I think...”
Like all commie thugs, Mao, Che, and their kind were good at terrorizing those inclined towards being terrorized, butchering and assassinating innocent civilians who couldn’t shoot back.
But hey, other than that, they were swell guys...why, just ask any college professor.
It can’t be denied that Mao was very charismatic. He had a hell of a rap about the beautiful future in store for China. His speeches were loaded with Hope and Change rhetoric.