"A Revolution Is an Insurrection, an Act of Violence by Which

Essay

"A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another," Mao wrote. Why did the embedding of Communism in China, as well as Russia, rely on violence as a means to obtain and maintain the State? How did this justify the use of repressive measures against the respective populations, when the intended goal was to benefit the people and provide an equality-based utopia?​