ring the Cultural Revolution, the two
             thinkers dissented in several key ways. While both Mao and Confucius
             believed in ultimate respect for authority, Confucius encouraged
             intellectual inquiry, rather than blind submission. Similarly, Mao
             advocated disloyalty to one's parents in the name of the common good, or
             for the good of the state. On the contrary, Confucianism highly regarded
             family loyalties. According to Confucian, the ruler is responsible for most
             major institutions and infrastructures, while Mao advocated resource
             reallocation and left the masses on their own for many infrastructures. Mao
             also believed that office holders need no education, while Confucian was a
             strong believer in learning and was himself a scholar. Mao only demanded
             allegiance to ideology. Consequent to his negative views on higher
             education, Mao shut down universities, which never would have occurred
             Moreover, Mao despised modernization, technological development, and
             industrialization. Confucian was a definite traditionalist. Ironically,
             both favored a simple lifestyle. However, Mao ideologically empowered the
             masses: the peasants and the farmers. Confucian believed that the peasants,
             who were and are the majority of the population, were blind followers and
             ignorant by nature; therefore, Maoism
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