Mao was an "imbecile"

These are not my words, but a quote from Steve Wynn, billionaire casino developer who described Mao Zedong as an "imbecile", telling more than a thousand investment advisers that the communist revolutionary "almost ruined" his country.

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Now, I am no billionaire, but this is just not a smart thing to say. And when you consider that Wynn casino is doing very nicely in Macau its just not a good thing to say to a government who don't take to kindly to quotes like this.

Billionaire yes, politician, no.