“In Zhangzhuangcun, in the more thoroughly reformed north of the country, most “landlords” and “rich peasants” had lost all their land and often their lives or had fled. All formerly landless workers had received land, which eliminated this category altogether. As a result, “middling peasants,” who now accounted for 90 percent of the village population, owned 90.8 percent of the land, as close to perfect equality as one could possibly hope for.”
Quote from historian Walter Scheidel, from the Wikipedia page on the Land Reform Movement
It’s a paraphrased quote from a historian that used to be on the Wikipedia page for the Land Reform Movement. I remember when it first got popular it was two or three paragraphs, but its been whittled down by time. I dunno exactly when NATOpedia got rid of it but I haven’t been able to find the original the past couple of times I’ve looked.
where does this sentence come from? I’ve seen it so many times here I’m surprised I haven’t asked yet
“In Zhangzhuangcun, in the more thoroughly reformed north of the country, most “landlords” and “rich peasants” had lost all their land and often their lives or had fled. All formerly landless workers had received land, which eliminated this category altogether. As a result, “middling peasants,” who now accounted for 90 percent of the village population, owned 90.8 percent of the land, as close to perfect equality as one could possibly hope for.”
Quote from historian Walter Scheidel, from the Wikipedia page on the Land Reform Movement
It’s a paraphrased quote from a historian that used to be on the Wikipedia page for the Land Reform Movement. I remember when it first got popular it was two or three paragraphs, but its been whittled down by time. I dunno exactly when NATOpedia got rid of it but I haven’t been able to find the original the past couple of times I’ve looked.