To be honest, I know little about Mao and beginnings of PRC - I’m quite ignorant about how much of an “absolute leader” he was.
But I do believe that idolizing a person and concentration of power are dangerous to democracy.
And it’s interesting how much responses I got on this topic.
Sure, do recommend - I’d need a basic overview, but not too deep, as I don’t have enough motivation for in-depth review of all socialist governments in the last two centuries.