What if Mao ruled like Stalin?

Mao was a communist leader that is portrayed as less brutal than Stalin. But what if he was worse? Instead of cow sheds, what if he had his own prison like the gulags Stalin had? If Mao were to have a prison, like the Gulag, how would it have affected today’s China and would the prison still be around? I believe China may be in a more true communist state today if Mao enforced his laws more brutally. The more strict laws would impose more obedient citizens and change how we would look at China today.

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