Maoism

Maoism or Mao Zedong Thought is a type of  Marxism-Leninism associated with Mao Zedong, the chairman of the Communist Party of China. As an Ideology, Maoism's main ideological focus is instating a communist system in agrarian and pre-  industrial societies (specifically China in the middle 20th century). Maoism can be identified as economically far-left,  totalitarian, and  culturally far-left. It is important to note that Maoism proper was formulated by  Chairman Gonzalo and the  Peruvian Communist Party. During the times of Chairman Mao, his thought was known as Mao Zedong Thought.

History
Maoism is a variant of Marxism-Leninism in China that was developed in the 1930s in the Soviet-backed satellite unrecognized state ‘China Soviet Republic’ as a major rebellion force against the  authoritarian nationalist government of Right KMT. During the Chinese civil war, Mao split with the so-called 28 Bolsheviks who loyally followed Stalin’s doctrine of advocacy of rapid industrialization in China. Mao developed his idea of peasantry-worker unity as vanguards of the communist revolution in China’s specific case, and argued that agrarian socialism is a necessity in China for the revolution to succeed. After losing a major battle against the government forces, Mao led a campaign of the Red Army to escape north of China in the name of resisting Japan, which was known as the ‘Long March’; by the end of the campaign, 90% of the communist troops were either killed, fled, or purged. 70 thousand people were estimated to be killed by Mao’s regime at the time.

The Japanese invasion was reliving for Mao as the second United Front was formed between the nationalists and the communists. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, major battles were fought between the nationalists and the Japanese, with 3.8 million-10 million Chinese soldiers perishing or injured to defend China from Japan’s genocidal fascist regime. The Japanese side also suffered heavy losses, with 2.2 million casualties from the Japanese invasion forces and 1 million from the collaborators. The communists made minimum efforts to resist the invasion and instead focused on building their forces and fighting nationalist troops.

Immediately after the end of the Sino-Japanese War, the communists started seizing land and attacking the nationalist force. The army size was expanded to 1.2 million (With 2.6 million militias) versus 2 million nationalist troops (With 2.3 million militias) with the supplies of Soviet weapons from the equipment Stalin seized in Manchuria. Due to Chiang’s poor military skills, the massive collapse or morales of the nationalist soldiers after eight years of war with Japan, hyperinflation in the nationalist-controlled regions, and the American interference in the Marshall Mission, Mao and the communists were able to seize the Mainland in 4 years time after major battles that defeated the incompetent and corrupt military of the nationalists and Chiang’s extremely unpopular government.

Immediately after the seizure of the Mainland, Mao launched campaigns such as the Campaign to Suppress Counter-revolutionaries, anti-Rightist Campaigns to massacre landlords, nationalist-affiliated people (Even the surrendering members), and non-communist intellectuals. Millions perished in the campaigns. Mao split with the USSR government of Khrushchev and lost Soviet technologies, aid, and trade access that were crucial for China’s post-war economic recovery. The drive to exterminate sparrows and the government force seizure of surpluses of farmers caused the deaths of 30 million-55 million people. The Chinese GDP stagnated in Mao’s era with a focus on heavy industry and foreign aid. It was behind almost all counties on earth in GDP per capita except for a few underdeveloped countries.

After failing to achieve tangible economic progress, Mao launched the cultural revolution to destroy Chinese traditional culture and moral ethics, as well as Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism. Many communist government officials such as Liu Shaoqi, Deng Xiaoping, and Hu Yaobang were prosecuted, shamed, and denounced in public. Red guards were encouraged to report and raid the homes of any intellectuals. Those who were associated with the Five Black Categories (Landlords, Rich Peasants, Counter-revolutionaries, Bad Influencers, ‘Rightists’ ) Intellectuals were forcefully relocated from cities rural regions for forced manual labors and live in Bull Pen. These practices were not meant to increase productivity but rather to increase the power consolidation of Mao’s ideology in the minds of Chinese citizens and humiliate anyone who questioned Maoist policies and practices. Cannibalism, ration cards, mass killings, and laogai (Labor concentration camps) were the daily lives of average Chinese in this period of China, 1.1 to 7.7 million were estimated to have perished during 10 years of cultural revolution.

Additions to [[file:Marxlen.png]] Marxism-Leninism
Maoism can be seen as both a continuity and rupture with classical Marxism-Leninism. Mao, throughout his Marxist revolution in China, formulated 5 new major additions to Marxism-Leninism, being the Mass Line, Protracted People's War, New Democracy, Cultural Revolution, and Three Worlds Theory.

Mass Line
The Mass Line is a theory that states that the Masses of Peasants and Workers must be in unison ideologically with the Communist Party. Therefore, Communist Party members must go unto the masses and consult their needs and gather information, which will be further relayed to the party. The party then interprets this information within a Socialist framework and applies this in a cultural or economic change.

Protracted People's War
Protracted People's War, or PPW, is a Guerilla Warfare theory developed by Chairman Mao during the Communist revolution against Nationalist China. It stresses the importance of a long and protracted struggle against Capitalism and  Imperialism, rejecting the  Insurrectionist theory mostly pushed by  Anarchists. The Vanguard Party will engage in a civil war with the current government through guerilla/mobile warfare, attacking military bases, supply lines and important structures, all while base-building the masses in support of the Party.

New Democracy
The New Democratic society is a transitional form between the New Democratic Revolution and the Socialist Revolution. Different from the Socialist Society, the New Democracy's Fundamental task is not overthrow Capitalist Society, but overthrow Imperialist Society and Feudalist Society. It's also different with Capitalist Society, because its leadership is proletariat. Its goal is "establish a Democratic Republic under the joint dictatorship of all anti imperialist and anti feudal people under the leadership of the proletariat."

Cultural Revolution
From 1966 to January 1967, the masses united to fight against revisionist traitors and political and civil bureaucrats. After the main enemy was eliminated in the later period, the masses divided into two opposing camps, rebels and conservatives, and the two sides continued to struggle, and the conservatives had the advantage. Eventually, the army intervened in the Cultural Revolution and supported the rebels. From February 1967 to mid-1967 the movement deepened, with the rebels dominating and beginning to split into radicals and moderates. After the rebels continued to overstepped their stance, the central government reached an impasse on the issue of the army, and the local army took measures to crack down on the radicals, acquiesce to the moderates, and support the conservatives Attitude, leading to further division of the rebels. From mid-1967 to the end of 1967, fierce clashes broke out between the army and the rebels. The conservative organizations supported by the army eventually collapsed due to the central government's proposal to attack the military The policy of wei (giving rebels weapons to resist the army and conservatives) was bloody. The central government opposes the ultra-radical heretics. From the end of 1967 to the end of 1968, the rebels continued to have armed conflicts, and the central authorities decided to restore social order. Some local armies began to suppress radicals and heretics. In the end, under the mediation of the central government, the rebels and conservatives and the military reluctantly reconciled. After that, the central authorities promulgated a series of policies to unite the masses of various factions. Large-scale conflicts withdrew from the stage of history, and the Red Guards were completely suppressed.

Three Worlds Theory
The Three Worlds Theory, is a theory that Chairman Mao propose it in 1974. He thought, the US and USSR are the First World. The developed countries except for the US and the USSR are the Second World. the whole Asia(except for Japan), the whole Africa and the Latin America are the Third World. Mao thinks, Confrontation among the First World countries is the main cause of world unrest. He thinks the Third World countries should unite together to resistance the hegemonism of the US and the USSR.

Chinese Neo-Maoists
2020 is a special year, a year in which the mental proletarians have made a marked left turn (turning to criticism of capitalism) and the first year in which the physically impoverished have clearly felt the crisis. Storm far away Far from coming, but the left turn of the brain-wielding proletarian released a clear signal that the sky had already been A few dark clouds gathered, and the thunder loomed, and the keen could even see the night sky A few faint lightning bolts, the dialectic of history carrying the storms of the sky with an irresistible tendency Rushing towards us, a very small number of keen youths are ready to embrace it with open arms.

Personality
Maoists often appear as a Chinese high school or college students who are usually very active to tweet about praising workers and instilling MLM's works to others. They often deplore at capitalist and revisionist and they may usually carrying a MLM's book with a badge "serve the people" on his chest.

How to Draw
Mao_flag.svg The design for Maoism is based on early designs of the flag of the People's Republic of China that lacked the 4 smaller stars.
 * 1) Draw a ball.
 * 2) Fill it with red.
 * 3) Draw a yellow star on the top left.
 * 4) Add the Asian eyes and you're done!

同志(Comrades)

 * [[File:Stalin.png]] 斯大林主义 - 中苏两国人民友谊万岁!
 * [[File: Marxlen.png]] 马克思列宁主义 - Dad taught me all I know.
 * [[File:Totalitarian.png]] Totalitarianism - Learned so much from you.
 * [[File:Ultraprogressivism.png]] Revolutionary Progressivism - Best buddy! Want to do a cultural revolution 2.0?
 * [[File:Floppa.png]] Big Floppa - Caracals are known to catch birds out of the sky when jumping; too bad we didn't have those!
 * [[File:Mao3word.png]] 毛泽东第三世界主义 - We must liberate those who face the most exploitation!
 * [[File: Guevara.png]] Guevarism - My fellow friend from Argentina.
 * [[File:Marxfem.png]] 马克思女权主义 - Women hold up half of the sky!
 * [[File:Polpot.png]] Pol Potism - My finest son who took my ideas even further.
 * [[File:Blacknat.png]] 黑人民族主义 - My son who takes inspiration from me and hates [[File:Dengf.png]] Dengism too.
 * [[File:Pron.png]] Peronism - Hero of Latin America
 * [[File:MLM.png]] 马克思列宁毛泽东主义 - My modern day counterpart.
 * [[File:LeftKMT.png]] 左翼三民主义 [[File:RCCK.png]] - RCCK are very based and good pawns allies. We both love Sun Yat-sen.
 * [[File:SecondThought.png]] Second Thought - Awesome YouTube Channel that may inspire many young communists in the future, and continues my legacy, albeit in a more modern way. But why do you simp for Xi?

统一战线(United Front)

 * [[File: Georgist.png]] 乔治主义 - Capitalist scums, but they also see landlords as parasites, which is based.
 * [[File: Mspont.png]] 自发毛派 - Oh yes, I remember the time when I was an anarchist... dark times...
 * [[File:Nixon.png]] 尼克松主义 - Cultural Revolution and 4 pests campaign go BRR, but you are still a good friend.
 * [[File: Necon.png]] 新保守主义 - Thanks for helping me defeat the Japanese imperialists during WWII and turning your back on Chiang Kai-shek. But we had our disputes during the Cold War, especially regarding Tibet. Eventually Zhou Enlai reached out to Kissinger to set up our iconic meeting with Nixon so we could unite against the Soviets. I also helped you suppress reports on Yahya Khan's genocide in Bangladesh.
 * [[File:Hochi.png]] 胡志明思想 - Sorry for betraying you earlier, comrade, but why did you support [[File:Khrusch.png]] him?
 * [[File:Burmasoc.png]] 缅甸社会主义 - I'm glad you support the PRC but stop genociding Chinese in Myanmar! Stop saying I'm a hypocrite!
 * [[File:Posadist.png]] 波萨达斯主义 - Socialism? Absolutely. Turning the world into a nuclear hellfire and killing billions of innocent people for it?  YES   No thanks.
 * [[File: Hoxha.png]] 霍查思想 - Fellow anti-revisionist Marxist even though you hate me.
 * [[File: LeftCom.png]] 左翼共产主义 - Same as the last guy even if you hate me even more.
 * [[File: Castro.png]] 卡斯特罗主义 - You're a bit too close to the USSR for my liking. But like your bananas.
 * [[File: Juche.png]] 主体思想 - I help you fight against imperialist [[File:Ilminism.png]] RoK, but stop being so revisionist!
 * [[File:Ancom.png]] 无政府共产主义 - Kropotkin helped radicalize me, but anarchism is childish
 * [[File:Natcom.png]] 民族共产主义 - "Chinese Communists must therefore combine patriotism with internationalism."
 * [[File:Native.png]] Montagnard Nationalists - I support you but stop attacking [[File:Hochi.png]] him!

走资派(Capitalist Pathers)

 * [[File:RightKMT.png]] 右翼三民主义 - Lol, get rekt reactionary chauvinists! We have mutual love for Sun-Yat Sen.
 * [[File:China-blueshirt.png]] 戴笠思想 - KMT unmasked!
 * [[File: Khrusch.png]] 赫鲁晓夫主义 (玉米棒子) - F*ck you, Khrushchev!
 * [[File:NeoComBall.png]] 勃列日涅夫主义 (勋章帝) - You too! You are just a [[File: Khrusch.png]] Khrushchevist without Khrushchev!
 * [[File:Consocf.png]] 保守社会主义 - I don't care if you're on my side or don't like gays. Prepare to get Cultural Revolutionized!
 * [[File:Reactsoc.png]] 反动社会主义 - Same as above.
 * [[File: Dengf.png]] 中国特色社会主义 - Capitalist revisionist scum. Damn it Deng.
 * [[File:ThreeRepresents.png]] 三个代表 [[File:Jiang_Tze-min.png]] - Out of all modern Chinese politicians, you represent a whole new level of low. Enabled the rise of reactionary billionaires such as Jack Ma and Guo Wengui. Support massive exploitation by international corporations (e.g. Foxconn, Apple, McDonalds, etc.). Dismantled the welfare state. Privatized schools and hospitals. Persecuted my modern followers for wanting better living standards. The list goes on and on. The only good thing you did was expanding the laojiao system and your persecution of Falun Gong and Eastern Lightning.
 * [[File:Hujintao.png]] 科学发展观/李克强思想 [[File:PinkXi.png]] - Yes, I denounced and tortured Hu Jintao's father for "capitalist transgressions". What you gonna do about it? Not much better than Deng or Jiang, otherwise. The way you dealt with Tibetan separatists was based
 * [[File:XiJinpingThoughtf.png]] 习近平思想 - The western bourgeois media like to think you're the next me for some reason yet you’re still a filthy c*pitalist who simp for Bill Gates. Slightly better than your predecessors, but that ain't saying much. Good job defeating Jiang and his oligarchs though. But I suspect you are a fascist with a red mask.
 * [[File:ChenDuxiu.png]] 陈独秀思想 - Chen Duxiu is a revisionary Trotskyist idiot.
 * [[File:Showa-kanmuri.png]] 日本帝国主义 - Imperialist scum.
 * [[File:Lib.png]] 自由主义 - We must combat him!
 * [[File:Cap.png]] 资本主义 - F*ck you, bourgeois scum!
 * [[File:Envi.png]] 环保主义 - Great Leap Forward go brrrrrr!
 * [[File:React.png]] 反动主义 - Haha cultural revolution go brr.
 * [[File:Pat.png]] 父权主义 - "Marriage is a patriarchal social construct that should be phased out". Yes.
 * [[File:Thaifash.png]] 泰式法西斯主义 - I may have had a hand in the Communist insurgency in Thailand 1960s-1970s.
 * [[File:Pinkcap.png]] 粉色资本主义 - Li n*s x.At least you are slightly better than [[File: Nrx.png]]Neoreactionarism.
 * [[File:Hcon.png]] 性少数群体保守主义 - Degenerate reactionary.
 * [[File:Bud.png]] 佛教神权统治 & [[File:BudAn.png]] 佛教无政府主义 - f*ck religion. And f*ck "Tibet". I may be "anti-imperialist" but my conquest against filthy Tibetan reactionaries was absolutely justified and I have no regrets.
 * [[File:Buddhist Socialism.png]] 佛教社会主义 - Sorry, your fake "socialism" won't convince me. Your religious cringe is worthy enough for you to be invaded. Oh, and the Dalai Lama isn't a Marxist, I don't care if he says he is.
 * Timocracy [[File:Timocracy.png]] - Kill all landlords!
 * [[File:Confucianism.png]] 儒教思想 - 头号大混蛋！(Number 1 scum!)
 * All the Islamic ideologies - You too Uyghurs! Prepared to be annexed!

Wikipedia

 * Maoism
 * Mao Zedong
 * Maoist China [[File:Cball-China.png]]
 * Chinese Soviet Republic [[File:Cball-ChineseSovietRepublic.png]]
 * Soviet Zone
 * Red Guards
 * Sino-Soviet Split
 * Gang of Four
 * Chinese Communist Revolution
 * Great Leap Forward
 * Cultural Revolution
 * New Democracy
 * Antagonistic Contradiction
 * People's War
 * Mass Line
 * Three Worlds Theory
 * Self-Criticism

Literature

 * Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (Mao's Little Red Book)
 * Selected Works of Mao Tse-Tung
 * On Guerilla Warfare
 * On Contradiction
 * On Practice
 * On New Democracy

Online Communities

 * r/Communism
 * r/Communism101
 * r/DankLeft
 * r/CatSaysMao
 * r/PrincipallyMao

Gallery
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