cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/4493698

As for people who are politically backward, Communists should not slight or despise them, but should befriend them,unite with them, convince them and encourage them to go forward. -Mao Zedong

  • CyborgMarx [any, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Mao in that quote was talking about Chinese Peasants and the nascent Chinese working class holed up in newly industrialized cities, not entrenched feudal landlords or comprador genociders who collaborated with European and Japanese colonizers