from Darker Nations by Vijay Prashad, page 174

i just want the world to be less miserable :sadness-abysmal:

  • drinkinglakewater [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    MLM movements around the world really have nothing but a legacy of failure

    This is a very "communism has failed everywhere it's been tried" remark

    • duderium [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I’m an ML. Show me where MLM has made a positive difference for the poor.

      • drinkinglakewater [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        I fully admit maoism has a small footprint globally, but it's ignorant to say that it hasn't made a positive difference for the poor.

        Nepal was a monarchy until 2008 and that was ended because of a maoist organized PPW. Despite your critique of the length of the war in the Phillippines, there's peasantry under the protection of the CPP-NPA and the movement behind the NDF are actively helping the poor there, particularly LGBT+ and Indigenous groups.