"The leaflets reportedly found at the site warned of the “cleansing” of brothels, “degenerate homosexuals”, thieves and informants, and declared “Long Live Marxism-Leninism-Maoism, principally Maoism.”"
wtf is with these psychos?? Would love some Shining Path info because this is not a great look
I think some Maoism is less terrorism centered but in general it feels extremely weird, I havent read much "Maoist" literature(Mao is not Maoism ofc) but the vibes I have gotten are really strange, there are Maoists in Scandinavia arguing for a Peoples Protracted War, a strategy that explicitly is built on a large rural population that is separated from urban population, which absolutely does not exist in Scandinavia.
You try hiding your guerillas out in some Swedish small town and they would call the cops instantly for disturbing them, they are in no way more revolutionary than the urban working class, its fucking weird.
Lmao surprised they're still trying when German Maoists failed thoroughly in the 70's at doing the exact same thing except they actually had quite some members.
I've heard that some Republican forces during The Troubles attempted to use these kinds of strategies too which is like the only situation I can imagine it working, when there is a new division to separate the countryside from urban centers that isnt peasantry vs bourgeoise.
I can understand Irish Maoists since Ireland has always had a unique dynamic with agriculture. Mostly agricultural workers but not peasants like the rest of Europe, more like an island of serfs, most of whom never got given a plot latter like Kulaks in Russia. Ended up creating a population that was aware of class and hated the men of property for a LONG time. There was not the same struggle with peasants and rural petite bourgeoise as in other places
There was a famous poll in which a shockingly large percentage of Germans said they would shelter a terrorist on the run from the police. I wouldn't say they failed thoroughly, in fact they ran up success after success. They just didn't diversify and grow, and the founders got into petty spats with each other over who was in charge.