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A. Political Platform and Policies
 * The platform of the of the leader must relate to the people and fix the problems of almost the people. This has nothing to do with the leaders agenda.
 * The platform states what causes of the problems are and how they can be fixed.
 * The best way to get the platform across to the people is through slogans and propaganda. The best way for a single party state leader to be successful is to convert their ideas into their political platform.
 * The platform also creates a sense of urgency and positive change.

B. Mao and Nasser's Political Platforms and Policies Mao. Nasser.
 * One of Mao's first platform ideas was land reform for the peasants, despite the communist ideology.
 * The Five Year Plan. This was to industrialize China, which was similar to Stalin's plans in Russia.
 * The Hundred Flowers Campaign- Mao believed that people should think freely about how the government should be ran. This backfired on Mao. Many people started to speak out against Mao and disagree with his ideas. Mao thought these anti-Mao thoughts were beginning to become to much and Mao began to execute people who talked against him and his ideas.
 * The Great Leap Forward- This was Mao's attempt to greatly improve the economy by having farmers work together and have maximum production. This idea failed when Mao's made China seems as though they had great number. As we all know this was a lie and The Great Leap Forward was a complete failure.
 * The Cultural Revolution- This was Mao's attempt to get ride of any opposition. He believed that their was little threat from the outside world. He believed the real threat was from within China and the ant-Mao groups that would try to overthrow him.
 * Nasser wanted to modernize Egypt in five ways
 * The Poverty in Egypt
 * The Ignorance in Egypt
 * No sense of pride
 * No sense of infrastructure
 * The nation unawareness
 * Nasser also wanted to be free of British influence due to the dislike of the West. although he didnt like the west he was also not fond of Communist Russia.

> Although the above actions drew the most attention, Nasser also built over 2,000 new factories, as well as iron and steel mills and aluminum plants.
 * Suez Canal - Britain had about 40% control of the canal. Despite the canal being in Egypt, the Egyptians experienced hardly any benefits. In 1956, Nasser nationalized the canal, which lead to an attack by the British and French. Americans did not support this attack. This action brought huge popularity to Nasser throughout the Arab nations. After this, he implemented the “Egyptianisation” of his country.
 * Aswan High Dam- The flooding of the Nile River was a major problem that Egyptians faced. It would destroy the farming land. Nasser decided to build a dam to hold back the decimating waters. Egypt needed help, but France, Britain, and America were not possibilities. Therefore, Nasser turned to the USSR for aid. USSR provided money and engineers. When this project was completed, it generated world wide attention.
 * In 1961, Nasser nationalized several corporations so that the money they generated could be used to improve the Egyptians' lives. A year later, it was announced that Egypt would be ruled by Arab socialist terms.

C. Comparison of Mao and Nasser
 * The similarities of Mao and Nasser are they both believed they needed to make their country a better place by boosting their economies and getting ride of the poor in their nation. They believed there needed to be a large middle class to drive their nations. Although Nasser did not like Communist he still sided for with Russia for supplies and money. Mao was for Communism after learning about it during his schooling. Both of them believed in having one population believing one thing. Nasser wanted Pan- Arabism while Mao believed in Communist China. They both believed in creating jobs within their country and industrializing their countries. Both Nasser and Mao used the best technology possible to get their ideology across to the people.


 * Their policies were very similar, but Mao was more a socialist at the end of the day nationalizing industries while Nasser let some companies go by themselves.
 * Nasser had the Suez and the Aswan High Dam that became nationalized.
 * Mao had all companies become nationalized under socialist rule.