Message from @Farseer Selna Vesha
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Marxist Leninist Mao ze dong thought
Or, Maoism for short
"This is the biggest fracture in our community."
Is his belief
how is that different from general marxism?
Maoism is a continuation of Marxism Leninism
the impression I have of mao is that he was just a marxist, but applied stuff according to the individual issues within china
and added more tyranny
is this even remotely correct?
Generally speaking Marxism Leninism is viewed as a very serious deviation from Marxism for several reasons
Today I learned there's a deep divide between pro-catgirl commies and anti-catgirl commies.
Maoism essentially continued these
It's why "that's not socialism" is something you will hear from us commonly
Because that person is arguing from a praxis/theory standpoint
For a comparison
are you suggesting maoism is derivated from a marxist base but is by definition not marxism
or is not by definition socialism
either way
It's like a liberal society that has severely abridged private property rights and no freedom of speech level of praxis violation
what's a praxis violation?
It's often central to an ideology
as a matter of fact that does sound quite fine
ideologically
the issues I had with the very word mao are pretty much related to the actual policies that were enforced an enacted in china during that era
including certain limits on freedom of speech
Liberal praxis would be constitutional rights
Back
Or common liberal praxis
I.e to uphold natural, positive and negative human rights
Which are key to liberal philosophy
:thonking:
I'm an ex libertarian by the way
I used to religiously back constitutional praxis
Still do like it
Actually
It stands the test of time
*gets jelly over American gun Rights*
I'd describe myself as a center-left egalitarian individualist
there are two sections in this statement
center-left:
I think the cetrain values that socialism et al promote at least on an ideological level are _good_ (as in "ethical"), but I do also value freedom greatly. thus social democracy / a heavily regulated free market is the ideal compromise between these two values (in addition to what can reasonably implemented in practice, and what can not)