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Maoism is not marxism, not that China is practicing Maoism today anyway. There are models of collective ownership that pre-date Marx.

• CWuestefeld 17y ago
  You'll note my parenthetical acknowledgment of that in my post. Mao would have claimed to have embraced and extended the Marxist philosophy. But Mao was a complete idiot in every way except as a politician who could play people. Certainly his philosophy was no better than junior-high-school grade.
  • aaronblohowiak 17y ago
    Oh, I wasn't arguing with you, but to my other comment's parent.
  • light3 17y ago
    >Certainly his philosophy was no better than junior-high-school grade. He was well read and educated, you may disagree with his philosophy, but to say it was 'junior-high-school' grade would be incorrect. From wiki: 'Mao was a prolific writer of political and philosophical literature' 'In China, Mao was considered a master calligrapher during his lifetime' 'Politics aside, Mao is considered one of modern China's most influential literary figures'