• ErnestGoesToGulag [comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    Which Maoist groups had a successful revolution post WWII though (besides Mao)?

    Seriously curious, the only ones I can think of aligned more with standard Marxism-Leninism than Marxism-Leninism-Maoism

    • kulak_inspektor [comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_war

      They even took the USSR's side in the sino soviet split

      Does that make their methods any less Maoist? Nepal and China are big obvious ones tho

      • ErnestGoesToGulag [comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        They definitely used revolutionary ideas developed from Mao, but that really falls under standard Marxism-Leninism with influence from Mao Zedong thought.

        "Maoism" usually refers to Marxism-Leninism-Maoism which wasn't a thing before Mao died. I think the shining path were the first to call themselves Maoists

        • kulak_inspektor [comrade/them]
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          3 years ago

          debating what maoism is should be left to actual maoists. I'm just pointing out that "maoist style revolutions since WWII" include Vietnam, China, Laos, Cambodia, Nepal, etc. all successful.

          • ErnestGoesToGulag [comrade/them]
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            3 years ago

            Sure they borrowed from Mao's tactics definitely, but none of those states would identify as Maoist except maybe Nepal