Dwarkesh Patel

There were other considerations apart from the unification of China that led Mao to capture Tibet:

5 days ago | [YT] | 251

Dwarkesh Patel

Unlike the USSR after Stalin, the CCP never rejected Mao’s legacy. Sarah Paine explains why Xi Jinping still reveres Mao—despite having suffered under his rule.

6 days ago | [YT] | 128

Dwarkesh Patel

Taiwan isn’t just a geopolitical flashpoint—it’s a proof of concept that Chinese democracy and prosperity are possible without the Communist Party.

1 week ago | [YT] | 345

Dwarkesh Patel

The west widely revered Mao before it shunned him – thanks in some part to one American journalist's eyewitness accounts.

1 week ago | [YT] | 75

Dwarkesh Patel

A few words can change the fate of a nation.

1 week ago | [YT] | 52

Dwarkesh Patel

Sarah Paine explains why the Marshall Plan couldn’t work in China—and why overextension still threatens U.S. foreign policy today.

1 week ago | [YT] | 108

Dwarkesh Patel

“If they all want to obliterate each other, the last thing they want is representation of the other side.”

Why American efforts to broker peace in the Chinese Civil War were doomed from the start.

1 week ago | [YT] | 77

Dwarkesh Patel

Sarah unpacks why comparing Stalin and Mao isn't as straightforward as it seems—pointing to the chaos Mao inherited and the limits of what any leader could’ve controlled.

"So then when you're wondering why Mao can't surf that wave—no one can."

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 165

Dwarkesh Patel

Why collectivization was more about power than ideology.

“You truly control them… if you control whether they eat or don’t.”

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 126

Dwarkesh Patel

Why were there so few slave revolts in the Roman Empire—even when slaves made up 20% of the population?

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 53