Maoism

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“ With eight hundred million people, how can it work without struggle?
— Mao Zedong

Maoism, also known as Mao Zedong Thought, is a rural version of Marxism-Leninism that advocates the violent rebellion of peasants and betrayal of family and friends. Ironically, the Chinese communists do not really understand Marxism-Leninism. Lin Biao said that there were very few CCP members who had really read the works of Marx or Lenin. The public considered Qu Qiubai to be an ideologue, but he admitted to having read very little of Marxist-Leninist theory.

Maoism is economically far-left, totalitarian, and culturally far-left. Maoism and Mao Zedong has committed countless atrocities, degenerated the morals of future generations, and destroyed China’s five-thousand year long traditions and culture.

History

Founding & Early Days

The founder of the CCP, Chen Duxiu, was an intellectual, that disliked violence and wanted to keep good relations with the Kuomintang. But the Party didn’t want and need peace. So came the labeling as a right-wing, then came a more violent leader, a more characteristic leader, a leader that suites the Party: Mao Zedong.

Maoism started to formulate in the 1930s, inside the unrecognized country that is the Chinese Soviet Republic. Mao focused on the rural areas, recruiting and creating revolutionary bases, and filled the people with empty promises.

The leader of the Kuomintang, Chiang Kai-shek, began to eliminate the communists, for he saw right through their sugarcoated phrases and saw them as who they really are, corrupt bandits. The Chinese Civil War between the Nationalists (KMT) and Communists/Maoists (CCP). The KMT almost eliminated the CCP multiple times, and the Maoists had to retreat to Yan'an.

The CCP tried to paint their stay at Yan’an like a revolutionary holy land, but it was more like a holy hell. Most people were not happy with how they lost so bad to the Nationalists, so Mao lunched the “Rectification Movement”, to root out what he called “petty bourgeoisie toxins”. Everybody had to list all of their acquaintances since birth, all their important life events, and all social activities they had ever participated in, with an emphasis on their personal thought processes during the social activities. And they have to confess any thoughts or behavior that oppose the party. Yun’an was called the “place of purging human nature” during the Rectification, and former comrades in arms did not dare interact with each other because everyone was turning against each other. Those who lied, flattered and insulted each other were promoted. Humiliation became a factor of life in Yun’an - it was either to humiliate others or humiliate oneself. These things became a core part of Maoism and the Party, especially later on in more of Mao’s terrible campaigns.

Takeover in China

A Chinese comic illustrating how the CCP took power in mainland China.

In 1937, Japan invaded China. The CCP called out to the KMT to "resist Japan together". While the KMT did the actual fighting, the CCP just grew their power and fake fought Japan. Many of the CCP's "achievements" in WWII are overexaggerated. The Maoists only had 70,000 soldiers before the War Against Japan, but had more than 900,000 after, plus is being supported by the powerful Soviet Union. However, the KMT was greatly weakened after the War, and all those factors combined together allowed the Maoists to overpower Chiang's forces, who fled to Taiwan. The CCP has been trying to "liberate" Taiwan ever since.

Rule in China

See also: People's Republic of China#毛泽东时代 (Maoist Era)

Mao’s reign was brutal, and reflected the violent nature of Communism. Maoist propaganda were everywhere, and everyone was either killed or brainwashed. Around 40-80 million people died due to Maoism in China. Mao and the CCP seized all the means of production, taking over all farmland, and turned all private companies into state-owned enterprises. This created a communist paradise, where everyone was equal… equally miserable, that is.

Eliminating the Landlord Class

Barely three months after the founding of communist China, the CCP, under Mao, called for the elimination of the landlord class, as one of the guidelines for its nationwide land reform program. The Party’s slogan “land to the tiller” indulged the selfish side of the landless peasants, encouraging them to struggle with the landowners by whatever means and to disregard the moral implications of their actions. The land reform campaign explicitly stipulated eliminating the landlord class and classified the rural population into different social categories. Twenty million rural inhabitants nationwide were labeled landlords, rich peasants, reactionaries, or bad elements. These new outcasts faced discrimination, humiliation, and loss of all their civil rights.

As the land reform campaign extended its reach to remote areas and the villages of ethnic minorities, the CCP’s organizations also expanded quickly. Township Party committees and village Party branches spread all over China. The local branches were the mouthpiece for passing instructions from the CCP’s central committee and were at the frontline of the class struggle, inciting peasants to rise up against their landlords. Nearly one hundred thousand landlords were killed during this movement. In certain areas, the CCP and the peasants killed the landlords’ entire families, disregarding gender or age, as a way to completely wipe out the landlord class. In the meantime, the Mao Zedong and the CCP launched their first wave of propaganda, declaring that “ Chairman Mao is the great savior of the people” and that “only the CCP can save China.” During the land reform, landless farmers got what they wanted through the Mao’s policy of reaping without laboring and robbing without concern for the means. Poor peasants credited the CCP and Mao Zedong for the improvement in their lives, and so accepted the Mao’s propaganda that the Party worked for the interests of the people.

For the owners of the newly acquired land, the good days of “land to the tiller” were short-lived. Within two years, the CCP imposed a number of practices on the farmers, such as mutual-aid groups, primary cooperatives, advanced cooperatives, and people’s communes. Using the slogan of criticizing “women with bound feet” — meaning those who are slow paced — the CCP drove and pushed, year after year, urging peasants to dash into socialism. With grain, cotton, and cooking oil placed under a unified procurement system nationwide, the major agricultural products were excluded from market exchange. In addition, the CCP established a residential registration system, barring peasants from going to the cities to find work or dwell. Those who were registered as rural residents were not allowed to buy grain at state-run stores, and their children were prohibited from receiving education in cities. Peasants’ children could only be peasants, turning the 360 million rural residents of the early 1950s into second-class citizens.

Eliminating the Capitalist Class

Another class Mao wanted to eliminate were the bourgeoisie, who owned capital in cities and rural towns. While reforming China’s industry and commerce, Mao told everyone that the capitalist class and the working class were different in nature: the former was the exploiting class while the latter was the class that did not exploit and opposed exploitation. According to this incorrect logic, the capitalist class was born to exploit and wouldn’t stop doing so until it perished; it could only be eliminated, not reformed.

Maoism used both killing and brainwashing to “transform” capitalists and merchants. If you surrendered your assets to the state and supported the CCP and Mao, you were considered just a minor problem among the people. If, on the other hand, you disagreed with or complained about Maoist policy, you would be labeled a reactionary and become target. During the reign of terror that ensued during these reforms, capitalists and business owners all surrendered their assets. Many of them couldn’t bear the humiliation they faced and committed suicide. Chen Yi (陈毅), then mayor of Shanghai, asked every day, “How many paratroopers did we have today?” — referring to the number of capitalists who had committed suicide by jumping from the tops of buildings that day. In only a few years, Mao Zedong eliminated private ownership in China.

Crackdown on Religion

Mao decided to committed another atrocity with his brutal suppression of religion and complete ban of all grass-roots religious groups, following the founding of the People’s Republic of China. In 1950, he instructed his local governments to ban all unofficial religious faiths and secret societies. He stated that those “ feudalistic” underground groups were mere tools in the hands of landlords, rich farmers, reactionaries, and special agents of the Kuomintang. In the nationwide crackdown, the government mobilized the classes they trusted to identify and persecute members of religious groups. Governments at various levels were directly involved in disbanding such “superstitious groups,” such as communities of Christians, Catholics, Taoists (especially believers of I-Kuan Tao), and Buddhists. They ordered all members of these churches, temples, and religious societies to register with government agencies and to repent for their involvement. Failure to do so would mean severe punishment. In 1951, the government formally promulgated regulations stating that those who continued their activities in unofficial religious groups would face a life sentence or the death penalty. Mao has officially set Communism as the state religion of China.

The Great Famine

The Great Chinese Famine was the worst famine in history. Several reasons caused the famine, and all can be traced back to Mao.

After Mao's Death

Mao Zedong died in 1976, only then did his reign of terror end. Since then, Maoists have been seen as dissidents against the new Dengist regime. On the surface, the new regime still praises Mao. But, the many new Maoist movements were crushed with an iron fist.

Beliefs

Maoism is a violent ideology. He believes that only through violent struggle can a nation achieve communism, which is in line with Marxism-Leninism, in which Maoism can be seen as both a continuation and split of it. Mao, throughout his Marxist revolution in China, formulated 5 new primary additions to Marxism-Leninism, being the Mass Line, Protracted People's War, New Democracy, the theory of Cultural Revolution and the theory of the Three Delineated Worlds.

Relations

同志们 (Comrades)

统一战线 (United Front)

  • Dengism - I appreciate you continuing my violent tendencies, but your reforms are bourgeoisie. We are incompatible, but we still have to pretend we are to the public. Also most of my modern followers hate you

走资派 (Capitalist Roaders)

  • Reactionaryism - One of my favorite labels I use on anyone I want dead. And I’m going to destroy all traditional Chinese culture so you have no way of success.
  • Conservatism - CULTURAL REVOLUTION! NOW! PUBLICLY BEAT HIM TO DEATH!
  • Traditionalism - I WILL WIPE YOU CLEAN OUT OF CHINA!! WITH THE FOUNDATION GONE, I CAN ESTABLISH MYSELF A NEW CHINA!
  • Moralism - To rid of the old customs and culture of China, you must be dropped. Violence is underway
  • Chiangism - Reactionary, I totally did all the fighting against Japan! And what can I say, I guess people just love me more then you so they joined me against you and totally not because I implemented spies to make dumb decisions for you and bring down your reputation!

How to draw

Flag of Maoism, based on Mao Zedong's flag proposal for the PRC

Maoism has a drawing rating of easy.

  1. Draw a ball.
  2. Fill it with red.
  3. Draw a yellow star at the top left corner.
  4. Add Asian eyes and you’re done.
Color Name HEX
Red #FB0000
Yellow #FFFF00

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