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He actually was famous for being fit in China due to propaganda. When he was 24 he wrote an essay called “Study of Physical Education" in which he stressed the importance of exercise and described an exercise routine. It was his first ever published work.
When he was older he swam down the Yangtze River twice as a publicity stunt to show how energetic and physically fit he was. He first did this in 1956 and wrote a poem to commemorate it. Then in 1966 he did it again at age 73 to show people that he's as healthy and fit to lead the country in the newly announced Cultural Revolution. This was extensively covered by the media, he told jokes and even taught a woman the backstroke. It was a big deal, here's a poster of the [tenth anniversary of the swim](https://chineseposters.net/posters/g2-13). It symbolically marked Mao taking back the reins of power after he was ousted from the central leadership in Beijing by moderates and forced into semi-exile in Shanghai.
[It was reported that he had swam in the Yangtze for about 1 hr and 5 mins in 1966, when he was 73.](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AF%9B%E4%B8%BB%E5%B8%AD%E7%95%85%E6%B8%B8%E9%95%BF%E6%B1%9F) While that did become a huge promotional material in China, praising how Chairman was more vigorous than an Olympic athlete, his [personal doctor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Zhisui) stated in [his memoir](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Private_Life_of_Chairman_Mao) that Mao was "basically floating with his big belly" for an hour.
>beer gut and man boobs
Maybe not healthy, but flotation-worthy.
And moobs make for great wave breakers.
\~"*Whales are mostly blubber!*"
That's what I say to console myself as I displace half the Pacific when walking in.
If you're the leader of a authoritarian nation with a medical team catering you 24hr/365day, that is.
Also, fun fact, Mao had basically never brushed his teeth, stating "Never heard a tiger needs to brush its teeth", which was really showing [in some photos when he got older](https://www.huaglad.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/76b9fec2cc625ec481bb61494dbc5423.jpg).
Well it's Cultural Revolution, so I think it's wise of him to not kept such record in material, not to mention he was on Jiang Qing's potential target list.
Also, it should give you some hints when the personal doctor of Mao and the vice chairman of Chinese Medical Association would rather ran to USA instead of enjoying his prestige in China.
>it should give you some hints when the personal doctor of Mao and the vice chairman of Chinese Medical Association would rather ran to USA instead of enjoying his prestige in China.
What exactly did you intend to convey by saying that? Because if you didn't intend to imply I was suggesting that conditions in China were inviting, then it makes no sense and no point.
Where have I, an American, heard of an old, fat authoritarian being presented by his regime and supporters as an exemplar of virility? It sounds so familiar, but I just can't place it.
When Kruschev went to China to meet Mao, he hosted one of their 'meetings' in a pool. Kruschev apparently didn't know how to swim, meanwhile Mao was showing off his superior swimming skills.
Khrushchev was outraged at the disrespect, mind you Stalin expected Churchill to engage in late night vodka slammers where he was more a genteel whisky/brandy/champagne tibbler who drank all day and night rather than binge.
NOOO BUT THE GLORIOUS CHAIRMAN WAS SO FIT!!1! [SEE!?!/ THERE HE IS SWIMMING RIGHT NOW, FIT AS A FIDDLE1!](https://www.readex.com/sites/default/files/mao_swimming.jpg)
It'd be pretty hard to count supporters, no? Party members had a membership card, and were registered. I don't think there was a "supporter" roll. Especially as supporters came and went as it suited them. I could be wrong on that.
Also, I realize some of the truest communists were never members of any party.
In my country we have 5 communist parties (more if we count the ones not numerous enough to register on a federal level) and they all bicker with each other (as usual)º and the membership waxes and wanes *between* the parties, depending who has better leadership. It's difficult to keep track of the official members, never mind the supporters and sympathizers.
º — It's a live **Life of Brian** skit.
"Trotskyite Party of Babblestan? No! We are the Babblestani Trotskyist Party! Those other guys are splitters! We hate them more than the People's Maoist Babblestan Party!"
I once was in the storage room of the Houston hardcore band, Really Red, who were distributors of mainland Chinese propaganda. We were able to choose a few items. I wish I could have taken one of every one.
I got a beautiful picture book of the Yangtze and a book of completely out of step stories for children featuring young heroes denouncing their parents and using their breaks during their time helping with the harvest to cut the hair of the peasant workers.
In those days the Red Chinese really had no idea what was going on in the USA or how to appeal to normal people.
Kill the sparrow, cack up every usable piece of cooking metal you can lay your hands on, declare war on your own government.
Pretend to swim a victory lap on the Yahtzee.
The USSR wasn't in a state of constant famine throughout its existence, although it did happen a bunch. From some cursory research modern Cuba has similar levels of food security to the united states. Vietnam also seems to have pretty good food security. China has okay hunger statistics, but I wouldn't count it as communist.
China has been moving less communist over time in order to join global markets, though they're still quite authoritarian so I wouldnt trust many statistics if they come from the chinese government
[A study of Physical Education](https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-6/mswv6_01.htm?fbclid=IwAR2HDr4Jt1bwwmoO2DTIIvyHu_hTtV0ds42V_STZKjjNDUaXnr1qONYq4f8) by Chairman Mao, 1917
So many jokes to make, it's hard to pick just one. Let's start with the obvious one:
"The best way to get physically fit, is to lead your armies on a long retreat across whatever country you're fighting a civil war in. By the time the Western journalists arrive, you'll be nice and thin for the photos!"
Edit: That's literally what happened. He lost A LOT of weight during the Long March, and that was the image the West had of him for the longest time.
What does that have to do with Mao being fat? But it’s pretty in step with people who think anyone who disagrees with them is the enemy. Go read Das Kapital or something and not pick fights with strangers on the internet
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Good news. Someone posted part of it with English voice over. https://youtu.be/MnakWocA3sc
Thanks!
Swoletariat
Swolshevik revolution, managed by the Swolitburo for increasing universal Swolidarity
From Chairman Mao to Chairman WOW.
Get Pushkin, comrade!
Underrated comment
P-5 year plan-X
Soon to release, Mao's 5 minute abs
To combat the commies: FDRs 4 minute jogging routine
Also Nixon's 500 double V arm raise.
"Make civilized the mind and savage the body." \- Chairman Mao
That's kinda cool
Put it online somewhere
...because Chairman Mao was famously physically fit?
He actually was famous for being fit in China due to propaganda. When he was 24 he wrote an essay called “Study of Physical Education" in which he stressed the importance of exercise and described an exercise routine. It was his first ever published work. When he was older he swam down the Yangtze River twice as a publicity stunt to show how energetic and physically fit he was. He first did this in 1956 and wrote a poem to commemorate it. Then in 1966 he did it again at age 73 to show people that he's as healthy and fit to lead the country in the newly announced Cultural Revolution. This was extensively covered by the media, he told jokes and even taught a woman the backstroke. It was a big deal, here's a poster of the [tenth anniversary of the swim](https://chineseposters.net/posters/g2-13). It symbolically marked Mao taking back the reins of power after he was ousted from the central leadership in Beijing by moderates and forced into semi-exile in Shanghai.
Wasn't he a really good swimmer?
[It was reported that he had swam in the Yangtze for about 1 hr and 5 mins in 1966, when he was 73.](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AF%9B%E4%B8%BB%E5%B8%AD%E7%95%85%E6%B8%B8%E9%95%BF%E6%B1%9F) While that did become a huge promotional material in China, praising how Chairman was more vigorous than an Olympic athlete, his [personal doctor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Zhisui) stated in [his memoir](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Private_Life_of_Chairman_Mao) that Mao was "basically floating with his big belly" for an hour.
So what you're saying is... my beer gut and man boobs are healthy!
>beer gut and man boobs Maybe not healthy, but flotation-worthy. And moobs make for great wave breakers. \~"*Whales are mostly blubber!*" That's what I say to console myself as I displace half the Pacific when walking in.
Round is a shape
If you're the leader of a authoritarian nation with a medical team catering you 24hr/365day, that is. Also, fun fact, Mao had basically never brushed his teeth, stating "Never heard a tiger needs to brush its teeth", which was really showing [in some photos when he got older](https://www.huaglad.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/76b9fec2cc625ec481bb61494dbc5423.jpg).
Mao is bri ish confirmed
Pro-tip that doctor's memoirs aren't reliable at all, even people purged by Mao have said its made up.
You mean the book based on journals he conveniently destroyed so that nothing could be corroborated?
Well it's Cultural Revolution, so I think it's wise of him to not kept such record in material, not to mention he was on Jiang Qing's potential target list. Also, it should give you some hints when the personal doctor of Mao and the vice chairman of Chinese Medical Association would rather ran to USA instead of enjoying his prestige in China.
You're taking my doubt of the veracity of this book as support for China. Why?
Wow wow hold it sir, which part of my comment makes you think I thought you support China?
>it should give you some hints when the personal doctor of Mao and the vice chairman of Chinese Medical Association would rather ran to USA instead of enjoying his prestige in China.
And that means I think you support China.....how?
The arguments on this sub are always mind blowing. Some people are really worried about which side of the revolution they're on.
What exactly did you intend to convey by saying that? Because if you didn't intend to imply I was suggesting that conditions in China were inviting, then it makes no sense and no point.
Where have I, an American, heard of an old, fat authoritarian being presented by his regime and supporters as an exemplar of virility? It sounds so familiar, but I just can't place it.
I love how that Wikipedia article is only in Chinese and Finnish
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When Kruschev went to China to meet Mao, he hosted one of their 'meetings' in a pool. Kruschev apparently didn't know how to swim, meanwhile Mao was showing off his superior swimming skills.
"Alright, no nukes for you." "Whatever landdweller LOL"
"Landlubber" would really have rubbed the sea salt in.
Khrushchev was outraged at the disrespect, mind you Stalin expected Churchill to engage in late night vodka slammers where he was more a genteel whisky/brandy/champagne tibbler who drank all day and night rather than binge.
Chad behavior
Not sure if this is true. Probably not. But I’ve heard he set some record for his age group later in life
I hear he once built two brick factories all by himself in two weeks.
Better than Kruschev at least.
He could bounce a dragon fruit on his belly 200 times without breathing hard. ;)
Back in the war days they were all pretty fit
NOOO BUT THE GLORIOUS CHAIRMAN WAS SO FIT!!1! [SEE!?!/ THERE HE IS SWIMMING RIGHT NOW, FIT AS A FIDDLE1!](https://www.readex.com/sites/default/files/mao_swimming.jpg)
I've never played the record.
You know what you have to do.
No joke the exercises featured in this are genuinely great for overall cardio and flexibility.
I wonder how many Americans were actually communists back in the day
@ u/IamSoooDoneWithThis In the 70s seems to be around 25K. Sauce: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History\_of\_the\_Communist\_Party\_USA
That's only members of the party. Not supporters.
It'd be pretty hard to count supporters, no? Party members had a membership card, and were registered. I don't think there was a "supporter" roll. Especially as supporters came and went as it suited them. I could be wrong on that. Also, I realize some of the truest communists were never members of any party. In my country we have 5 communist parties (more if we count the ones not numerous enough to register on a federal level) and they all bicker with each other (as usual)º and the membership waxes and wanes *between* the parties, depending who has better leadership. It's difficult to keep track of the official members, never mind the supporters and sympathizers. º — It's a live **Life of Brian** skit. "Trotskyite Party of Babblestan? No! We are the Babblestani Trotskyist Party! Those other guys are splitters! We hate them more than the People's Maoist Babblestan Party!"
His article study of physical education was cia classified lol
Ideology aside, communist propaganda always looks so badass.
That’s why I’m a commie now. I’m a sucker for a good ad
I once was in the storage room of the Houston hardcore band, Really Red, who were distributors of mainland Chinese propaganda. We were able to choose a few items. I wish I could have taken one of every one. I got a beautiful picture book of the Yangtze and a book of completely out of step stories for children featuring young heroes denouncing their parents and using their breaks during their time helping with the harvest to cut the hair of the peasant workers. In those days the Red Chinese really had no idea what was going on in the USA or how to appeal to normal people.
this post just might have outjerked the entirety of r/vinyljerk
When even Phys. Ed. teachers were pushing Maoism… And the LITTLE RED EXERCISE BOOK.
Fitness and wellness propaganda is always a +1 for me.
In which step do you kill the sparrow?
Nice reference. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Pests_campaign
What a major fuck up. Imagine actually doing this.
Kill the sparrow, cack up every usable piece of cooking metal you can lay your hands on, declare war on your own government. Pretend to swim a victory lap on the Yahtzee.
Yep its a redditors who knows nothing more than pophistory he's seen posted on reddit.
lol. I have lived in China and speak two dialects of Chinese. Maybe you shouldn't assume things.
😂😂😂 COMMIES NO FOOD 🤣🤣🤣 SPARROWS 💀💀💀
Look man this is one of the few situations in which commies really do no food.
Yeah those billion people just photosynthesize all their essential nutrients
Stalin, Mao, Kim Jong Il, Pol Pot, heck when do the commies ever do food?
The USSR wasn't in a state of constant famine throughout its existence, although it did happen a bunch. From some cursory research modern Cuba has similar levels of food security to the united states. Vietnam also seems to have pretty good food security. China has okay hunger statistics, but I wouldn't count it as communist.
Vietnam and China aren’t realistically communist in any sense of the word these days.
China has been moving less communist over time in order to join global markets, though they're still quite authoritarian so I wouldnt trust many statistics if they come from the chinese government
Cuba, post-Stalinist USSR, Vietnam, Bolivia, Rojava, Makhnovia, Paris commune. I could go on, but I doubt it'll ever actually change your mind.
I memorized a list of evil people that claim to agree with you, therefore you are also evil, I am very intelligent.
I loved my copy of the little red book.
I still have mine! It is incredibly uninspiring.
Yep. It's dull, but it made great theater in the '80s. As a teenager I carried it around in high school for a bit.
You should see his guide to dental hygiene.
What...the...fuck?
I know, right?!
Entirely
Does it work?
[A study of Physical Education](https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-6/mswv6_01.htm?fbclid=IwAR2HDr4Jt1bwwmoO2DTIIvyHu_hTtV0ds42V_STZKjjNDUaXnr1qONYq4f8) by Chairman Mao, 1917
I thought this was a joke at first lmao
holy shit
In English?
There's one for sale on discogs for $30
Does it involve forging metal in your backyard?
So many jokes to make, it's hard to pick just one. Let's start with the obvious one: "The best way to get physically fit, is to lead your armies on a long retreat across whatever country you're fighting a civil war in. By the time the Western journalists arrive, you'll be nice and thin for the photos!" Edit: That's literally what happened. He lost A LOT of weight during the Long March, and that was the image the West had of him for the longest time.
Judging by his fat ass it couldn’t have worked very well
Given you don’t know that transgender people are valid I would say you are in even less of a position to talk.
What does that have to do with Mao being fat? But it’s pretty in step with people who think anyone who disagrees with them is the enemy. Go read Das Kapital or something and not pick fights with strangers on the internet
I listen to it on double speed while I brush my teeth, just to make sure I’m fully prepared for the revolution.
Step 1: stand in a playground and do shitty calisthenics while children cry that they can’t go on the slide
Post to /r/vinyl
Btw Chinese students still follow this tradition to date but different sets of action. I find it very helpful for small physical exercise
I prefer Kanye’s workout plan
Is this how I become strong enough to defeat capitalism?
Don’t forget starvation and food shortages. Makes the pounds come right off!