Every other leftkult out there loves the nom de idéologue naming convention. Trotskyists, Hoxhaists, Maoist-Gonzalo-Thoughtists, Luxemburgists, De Leonists… Very curious that Marxist-Leninists don’t tend to call ourselves “Stalinists”, “Dengists”, “Guevarists”, “Castroists”, “Brezhnevists”, “Sankarists” except ironically… it’s only our enemies who call us those things. Just interesting. Maybe because we are materialists who reject Great Manism and fanatical hero-worship as a concrete baseline for political philosophy? Of course, we do still call ourselves Marxist-Leninists. Great comment and awesome sourcing.
Every other leftkult out there loves the nom de idéologue naming convention. Trotskyists, Hoxhaists, Maoist-Gonzalo-Thoughtists, Luxemburgists, De Leonists… Very curious that Marxist-Leninists don’t tend to call ourselves “Stalinists”, “Dengists”, “Guevarists”, “Castroists”, “Brezhnevists”, “Sankarists” except ironically… it’s only our enemies who call us those things. Just interesting. Maybe because we are materialists who reject Great Manism and fanatical hero-worship as a concrete baseline for political philosophy? Of course, we do still call ourselves Marxist-Leninists. Great comment and awesome sourcing.