• Makan ☭ CPUSA
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    4 years ago

    Technically speaking, Mao was a Marxist-Leninist and Maoism in its current form wasn’t invented till the 1980s.

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      4 years ago

      I think Maoism can either refer to Marxism-Leninism Mao Zedong Thought (ML-MZT), or it can refer to Marxism-Leninism-Maoism (MLM) depending on the context - these days it’s mostly used for the latter

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        That is correct.

        Maoism also referred to those in the 60s and 70s that supported China over the Soviet Union in the West.