I mean a charitable interpretation of what they meant could be something like mass line, which is an ML/MLM concept that they could have discovered existing as a cornerstone to the popular orgs in 15 minutes of research. Somehow they think evil ML parties don't see the same problem they do (uhhhh we have foundational texts on all the forces of contradiction they claim we don't) and that we're blinded in the face of our own "structurally inherent authoritarianism" 🙄🙄🙄
Exactly. ML had real limitations which lead to the development of Trotskyism (I'm interpreting this widely to include Hal Draper and his "Socialism from below" as well as Movementism in general) and Maoism (also interpreting this widely) as critiques of the Soviet Union. The past 50 years have shown that Maoism is by far the superior line of revolutionary theory. It's also not a coincidence that Mao influenced Galula, the French theorist of counter-insurgency warfare. The value of Mao as a theorist of revolutionary warfare in the paradigm of insurgency and counterinsurgency cannot be understated.
I cringed so hard when they advocated for "Socialism from below"
I mean a charitable interpretation of what they meant could be something like mass line, which is an ML/MLM concept that they could have discovered existing as a cornerstone to the popular orgs in 15 minutes of research. Somehow they think evil ML parties don't see the same problem they do (uhhhh we have foundational texts on all the forces of contradiction they claim we don't) and that we're blinded in the face of our own "structurally inherent authoritarianism" 🙄🙄🙄
Exactly. ML had real limitations which lead to the development of Trotskyism (I'm interpreting this widely to include Hal Draper and his "Socialism from below" as well as Movementism in general) and Maoism (also interpreting this widely) as critiques of the Soviet Union. The past 50 years have shown that Maoism is by far the superior line of revolutionary theory. It's also not a coincidence that Mao influenced Galula, the French theorist of counter-insurgency warfare. The value of Mao as a theorist of revolutionary warfare in the paradigm of insurgency and counterinsurgency cannot be understated.
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