Like, Maoism/Mao Zedong thought or Dengism/Deng Xiaoping thought. This distinction seems to matter but I don’t understand why.

  • Water Bowl SlimeOP
    3•2 years ago

    Ah, ok only distinct ideologies get promoted to -ism status, that makes sense.

    But where do we draw the line between ideas and ideology? Because to my knowledge, Lenin also saw himself as developing Marxism and never referred to his own contributions as “Leninism”. So why isn’t it called “Marxism with Vladimir Lenin Thought”?

    • AgreeableLandscape☭
      3•2 years ago

      But where do we draw the line between ideas and ideology?

      There’s basically no hard rule, because language is ultimately subjective.