Should Mao deserve credit or

Blame for China's social, cultural, and economic changes from 1946-1972?

this could go either way, he brought a lot of destruction and militancy and many died by his hand, but his support from the working class was so great for a reason, he should get credit for the positive reforms he instituted in taking care of people who had been previously exploited, and blame for the collateral damage that ensued as well as his totalitarian methods