I don't get Maoists at all (lemmygrad.ml)

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Like, let's say that hypothetically China is not socialist. Why do they feel the need to equate it to the USA or to constantly diss it? Literally, no other country has 800 military bases abroad, and no other country will vulture the resources away from a fallen China like the USA would. So, being a Maoist to me just is helping the USA Intelligence departments. Literally, NATO and Western Imperialism are the main enemies, I don't get why some groups wouldn't want to take China as an ally. Even if they were ultra capitalist like the Maoist say, if the West falls is not like China would even be able to become the USA 2.0. They make up a dystopian future based on lies and fears and then equate that fake future to our current world, and end up equating an evil empire to a country that just wants to give the rest of the world another option.

Maoists feel like an "us vs the world" exclusive club to me

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

There are 6 maoist parties in nepal, and these are just the 'relevant' ones (in quotes because I can't say how relevant they actually are, just that these are the ones you'll hear about). the CPN (self-proclaimed maoist), government leader until 2024, was defeated in elections and is now part of the opposition. The CPN was ruling alongside socdem parties in a coalition. Not to be confused with the CPN-UML, Unified Marxist-Leninist, which despite using the hammer and sickle are also closer to socdems

The extent of the revolution in Nepal was to drive out the monarchy, which is good, but even liberals have done that (famously). It's not a sufficient feat to call them communists over this. They haven't removed monarchists either, there is a monarchist party (Rastriya Prajatantra) still in congress.

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