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What is the difference between Mao Zedong Thought and Maoism? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 11 months ago (1 children)

To put it maybe a bit too simply, MZT is Marxism-Leninism adopted to mid-century Chinese conditions, whereas Maoism is a branch of ultra adventurism. From my understanding of the history, it kicked off around the time Deng became Premier and started to implement the policies that comprised Reform and Opening Up, as an ultra-left reaction against these policies.

Maoists think that Deng took the Capitalist Road. Students of MZT can see the thread connecting classical Marxism, Leninism, MZT, and modern SWCC and recognize that they all play their part in building communism in China.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago

hey maoists
if deng took the capitalist road
why is it that cpc officials keep drug manufacturers from selling meds at a steep price 
and instead force them to keep it affordable? 

checkmate 😎 👉 👉