Collectivization for Communism

In both cases -- Land Reform in Action and Make Revolution! -- the goods of the people are being collectivized in the attempt to equalize the population under the Communist Party. Rather than giving your life, like in the Nazi Party, the populace of 1950-1970 China gave away their personal possessions in return for a Proletariat political system, which in the end was ultimately under absolute rule. In both accounts, there is a mob mentality, fueled by the "old regimes" of China. Their ambitions seem to arise from unrest concerning the militaristic and political tyranny, and revenge seems to be their mode of political justice. T'ien-ming explains how this is the time for an uprising against the traitors or "wicked landlords." This same emotion is shown in the Red Guards, and Mao was smart in using the unrest as a catalyst for his own way of reform. In both readings, the majority wants reform, and their ambitions are clear -- take down the past regimes and instate new ideals.