• captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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    Ok I can see a comparison to the cultural revolution, especially with the attacks against academics. But the landlord president is most certainly not a maoist

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        Maoism is more than just working class attacks on academia and culture. In fact that element of Maoism is borrowed from folks like Mussolini. Maoism also involves the regime being ostensibly socialist, includes long term planning, and largely revolves around rapid industrialization.

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          12 days ago

          So.

          1. Socialism 2. Long term planning 3. Rapid industrialization

          2. Maoism is a way to move towards socialism, it is not however socialism it just contains aspects of it like many forms of government. The us also has socialist policies and thus socialist aspects.

          3. The lie the admin is pushing is long term planning, they aren’t doing it but they’re certainly lying about doing it.

          4. “Bring back the factories” is a literal cry for rapid industrialization.

          So I ask again how are they effectively different. They may sell it to you in a different package but the contents are essentially the same and I’d argue the result would be largely the same.

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            You’re absolutely right. Any country that makes long term plans, seeks to develop it’s industrial base, and “has socialist aspects” (which I assume mean, “the government does stuff”) is Maoist.

            Emperor Meiji was a Maoist.

            This is a very reasonable and coherent worldview. You’ve definitely read plenty of theory to know that one of the core tenets of Maoism is “making plans.”

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              I didn’t define it boss, read the comment then get rude of that’s your prerogative but at the very least keep up with the conversation.

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                  So you’re going to be rude instead of making a point?

                  I didn’t define anything dipshit the other person did and I responded.

                  I asked how they were different not the same, you should read the comment chain rather then be rude for no fucking reason.

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                    So you’re going to be rude instead of making a point?

                    I am making the point. The point is that you can’t just take a handful of things Mao did, that tons of other people have also done, and say that anyone who does those things is a “Maoist.” Whether it’s “making a plan to promote industrialization with government involvement” or “writing words.”

                    Virtually every country that went through a period of industrialization would be “Maoist” by this standard.

                    I didn’t define anything dipshit

                    Yeah and that’s part of the problem. Because you have no understanding of what the label you’re using actually means.

                    I asked how they were different not the same

                    The onus is on you to demonstrate how they’re similar. It’s like if someone said, “In what way is a raven different from a writing desk?” They’re so different that it’s virtually impossible to convince of any line of thought that would see them as similar.

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        Bro literally gutted the farmers and used their tax money to bail out the country that replaced the exports of said farmers. That’s not very Mao of him.