Some commentators take the view that the way Mao gave the people the right to "rebel" and called on them to rise up against the bureaucracy which oppressed them, undoubtedly constituted a democratic movement.
有人認為，毛號召人民起來反對壓迫他們的官僚主義，並給了人民「造反」的權利，無異於一次民主運動。