• Simon 𐕣he 🪨 Johnson@lemmy.ml
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    This is completely in line with other Westernized Maoist movements that simply become cults. Mao and Trotsky are at such a strong nexus of crank magnetism in the West it’s unreal.

    Though to be fair if you read the actual criticisms they’re made by mouth breathers. Trump blubbering about price controls = Maoism according to a Tweet that gets reposted as a Axios story. At least Gonzalo terrorized his own acolytes, this is just lib journalists trying to figure out a hot take angle that resonates.

    • DragonBallZinn [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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      20 hours ago

      porky-happy: “I will raise my prices, they haven’t gotten any better and costs really haven’t increased. I just want more money, mwa ha ha!”

      mccrucified: “Idk bro, that’s low even for me.”

      porky-scared-flipped: “buh…buh…buh….that’s STEALING! What is this, Soviet China?”

      The cool zone is going to get even worse if Republicans are getting slapped with cries of class warfare from the porks.

    • Damarcusart [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      Yeah, it’s always the same thing with these sort of articles. They say “Maoism” but instead of a cult in the woods or a guerrilla movement, they just mean “evil Authoritarian, just like Mao!”