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[–] psychothumbs@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lenin is such a tragic figure. So brilliant at taking and holding power, so bad at communist theory.

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] psychothumbs@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Tbh everything I said above could be applied to Mao as well. He had the genius insight that the path to power in China lay in a military struggle mobilizing the peasantry when everyone else in party leadership thought that was crazy and un-Marxist, but then when that insight translated into running China he did not do a good job and should have listened to his fellow party members.

[–] anarchost@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Great points.

And looking throughout Chinese history, there hasn't been a leader as leftist as Mao since Mao either. In present day China, the Maoist Communist Party of China (and basically every anti-revisionist communist party) is banned.

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, China and its 1.4 billion people aren’t doing well at all since it collapsed last year. /s

[–] psychothumbs@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

What are you saying here? My criticizing Mao's leadership implies I think China collapsed last year?

[–] OKaybin@fedia.io 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

Marie Curie

[–] anarchost@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Then why not reference what Lenin said rather than Lenin himself

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