Dry & high

Surprise, surprise! It didnt rain today! Although the situation was occasionally threatened by ominous dark clouds in the afternoon. I'm glad it didnt, because someone was hoping for dry weather today. Haha.

It kinda scares me to know how easy it is to make me happy.
But I dont really mind that its starting to get to me.

You can fall for strings of pearls, fall for chains of gold,
or fall for pretty strangers & the promises they hold.
(inspired by the KILLERS.)

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“Great leadership and the achievement of political goals often come at a great cost.” Discuss with reference to Joseph Stalin, Mao Tse-tung and Deng Xiaopeng.

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Conclusion

Stalin, Mao and Deng were three prominent communist leaders in the Twentieth century and they have been featured regularly on international magazines’ covers which declared their post-humus "greatness". They are deemed "great", because people tend to remember the impressive results. In many cases, the ends might not justify the means, but people forget the social history, and merely focus on the political and economic achievements which are more quantitative and memorable.

By now, we have seen many similar traits shared among them, such as their conservative politics and hard-line approaches. Many of the political motives achieved have been accompanied by tremendous sacrifices and suffering of the ordinary civilian. Sometimes, the leader himself takes the rap for the fiascoes created by themselves, but usually not without the company of many other innocent people who had their lives adversely affected by their leaders’ erroneous guidance.

Although my stand is that great leadership does not necessarily come with a hefty cost, it tends to be a common thread in the post-WW2 and Cold War era, because it is often the preferred choice for autocratic leaders. They had no qualms about maintaining their personal power at all costs, even if it was at the expense of the unimportant civilian. In each of these three men’s cases, they were determined to preserve their personal style of communism, and thus willing to pay any price for the consequences. Theoretically, great accomplishment and great cost are supposed to be mutually exclusive items but history has shown that it is extremely hard to achieve in reality. Nevertheless, I still urge all statesmen that great leadership and the achievement of certain objectives need not come with a tag price. With cautious leadership and excellent foresight, a truly "great" leader should be able to fulfill the objectives with minimal detriments.

Word Count: 2713--- Finally, I'm done with this.

Blood-thirsty Stalin

Mao! Oops...
Haha. That's BILL.

Mao has joined succumbed to globalisation-
I bet he secretly smuggled Coke Cola into his office during the cultural revolution.
He looks like a good endorser!
"The world is yours, as well as ours, but in the last analysis, it is yours.
You young people, full of vigor and vitality, are in the bloom of life,
like the sun at eight or nine in the morning. Our hope is placed on you."
--- Mao in The Little Red Book.

Deng Xiao Ping.

I wonder why he always looks diseased.
Hmm... Must be because he's got too many cats-
he couldnt decide whether he wants a black or white one.
"It does not matter whether a cat is black or white,
so long as it catches mice."

I love this!
Whatever this oyster card is about...
Its CHEAPER THAN FREEDOM.
HAHAHA.