1. Classical Marxist
  2. Marxist-Leninist
  3. Maoist
  4. Stalinist
  5. Xi Jinping Thought
  6. Ho Chi Minh Thought
  7. Other (please specify)
  • @gun
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    73 years ago

    Marxist-Leninist. I don’t know enough about MLM to know if it makes sense to call myself that. I don’t to care too much about labels though. They give others a rough impression of your politics on introduction, but that’s about all they’re useful for.

    • @CriticalResist8@lemmygrad.ml
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      3 years ago

      MLM was synthesized in the 70s or 80s by Gonzalo in Peru, holding that Mao’s advancements, which he formulated for China’s material conditions, were universally applicable and formed enough of a theoretical body to get their own name.

      There are Maoists in China however not affiliated with Gonzalo, but there the name is more akin to MZT, Mao Zedong thought, meaning that one is ML but still integrates that some of Mao’s theories are relevant and can be learned from. But certainly I can understand that in China they uphold MZT since it’s literally what brought them where they are today.

      Honestly while I can admire MLMs fighting their ppw, I don’t believe Mao’s theories are universally applicable nor are their analyses correct. Social imperialism today sounds more like something trots would say, and it’s a whole theoretical field that simply does not exist in ML theory. Mao only used that against the USSR after Stalin died (trots try to reclaim Mao or Maoists sometimes and conveniently forget Mao was admirative of comrade Stalin).

      I also have issues with Mao as a leader after the PRC was declared. He was a great general, there’s no doubt about that. In on protracted war, 1933, he correctly predicted what would happen after the war: Japanese imperialism would die, China would win and become socialist. I also uphold his struggle and what he made of China. But his years as a politician, while he was leading the PRC, were not made with the best policies.