They didn't squander the land per se, they ruined the specialized farming knowledge by forcing farmers to grow state approved agriculture. One day a 7th generation rice farmer is growing rice, the next, the Commies come with guns and tell u ur growing wheat. You've never grown wheat. Totally different species. Crops fail, farmers are blamed, farmers are shot. Not hyperbole. That happened to THOUSANDS of Chinese farms. THOUSANDS.

You gotta remember, aside from being evil, Communists are truly stupid. They have zero knowledge of anything other than propaganda and destruction. Marx, Lenin, Mao, Pol Pot … all were spoiled rich kids. Their myth was they were ‘of the people’. Not even close. They were seriously dumb as fuk, but had enough charisma to scam people into believing their horse shit lies.

They didn't squander the land per se, they ruined the specialized farming knowledge by forcing farmers to grow state approved agriculture. One day a 7th generation rice farmer is growing rice, the next, the Commies come with guns and tell u ur growing wheat. You've never grown wheat. Totally different species. Crops fail, farmers are blamed, farmers are shot. Not hyperbole. That happened to THOUSANDS of Chinese farms. THOUSANDS.