No, Mao's three world theory is different materially from third worldism. Maoist third worldism builds on his ideas but is not purely Mao. (Hence why it's not just "Maoism").
Mao specifically and repeatedly referred to the proletariat of the first world (Which he defined as the US and the USSR)
No, Mao's three world theory is different materially from third worldism. Maoist third worldism builds on his ideas but is not purely Mao. (Hence why it's not just "Maoism"). Mao specifically and repeatedly referred to the proletariat of the first world (Which he defined as the US and the USSR)