Marxism-Leninism-Mao Zedong Thought is used to denote Marxism Leninism whilst recognising the contributions of Mao, However usually this is assumed within Marxism Leninism and only used to denote distance itself from Marxism-Leninism-Maoism also known as Maoism.
Marxism-Leninism-Maoism also known as Maoism (in the modern day ) is a creation of Gonzalo of The Shining Path in Peru and is characterized by an insistence of using the methods of Mao Zedong as universally applicable methods in any country or time (Protracted People’s War)
^this is a dogmatic approach and ironically exactly what Mao himself explicitly states one should avoid.
tldr; Maoism/MLM (in the west particularly) is a form of left opportunism (impatient, dogmatic, inflexible) that functions as
: harmful to the local community in its inappropriate application of methods that worked in different places & times
: anti-communist and lacking in foresight with regards to AES (actually existing socialism) and therefore functionally supportive of imperialism
Maoism is always bad x)
Why? And how is it different from Mao Zedong Thought like another user stated?
Marxism-Leninism-Mao Zedong Thought is used to denote Marxism Leninism whilst recognising the contributions of Mao, However usually this is assumed within Marxism Leninism and only used to denote distance itself from Marxism-Leninism-Maoism also known as Maoism.
Marxism-Leninism-Maoism also known as Maoism (in the modern day ) is a creation of Gonzalo of The Shining Path in Peru and is characterized by an insistence of using the methods of Mao Zedong as universally applicable methods in any country or time (Protracted People’s War)
^this is a dogmatic approach and ironically exactly what Mao himself explicitly states one should avoid.
tldr; Maoism/MLM (in the west particularly) is a form of left opportunism (impatient, dogmatic, inflexible) that functions as : harmful to the local community in its inappropriate application of methods that worked in different places & times : anti-communist and lacking in foresight with regards to AES (actually existing socialism) and therefore functionally supportive of imperialism