HBH 16: The All-Time Dumbest Thing Ever

<p>There are countless stupid events, decisions, policies, and people in history, so it was a great surprise to see how easy it was to decide on the dumbest thing ever. It was, to put it bluntly, no contest.</p> <p>The Great Leap Forward had it all -- poor planning, poor execution, newspeak, happy talk, brutal repression, and tens of millions of deaths.  And you couldn't think of a more perfectly ludicrous name.</p> <p>Today's episode is a little complicated, as the topic is VAST and I made a vain attempt to cover it all.  Listen to it twice if you have to -- or if you have a stomach for it!</p> <p>Better yet -- Read about the Great Leap Forward: <a title= "Mao's Great Famine by Frannk Dikotter" href= "https://www.amazon.com/s?k=mao%E2%80%99s+great+famine&hvadid=78477694079405&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvqmt=e&tag=mh0b-20&ref=pd_sl_8b2cx8eww_e"> Mao's Great Famine by Frank Dikotter</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Forgotten-Voices-Great-Famine-1958-1962/dp/0300184042/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&hvadid=78477694079405&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvqmt=e&keywords=mao%E2%80%99s+great+famine&qid=1606168073&sr=8-5&tag=mh0b-20"> Forgotten Voices of Mao's Great Famine by Xun Zhou</a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>