Was Mao Zedong a good man?

INEQUALITY

I asked my mother if Mao Zedong was a good man. She said he was a good man but he did something that was wrong. He took the wealth away from the rich and made everyone equal.

How could you take away the wealth of the rich, she said. These weren't ill-gotten gains. They weren't stolen. They were accumulated through very hard work.

No one wanted to work, she said. There was no motivation to work because everyone ate from the 'same pot of rice'. In the end the rice was finished.