They’re kind of a strange bunch insofar as they act as if they are the torch-holders for “traditional” Marxist-Leninist thought, that they’re the tankiest of the tanks, yet I’ve never seen a Hoxhaist engage in good faith outside of Maoist and anarchist circles. The phenomenal thing about Marxism-Leninism being a science is that ruthless criticism of all that exists is built into its framework – if a communist believes there are issues with adopting a more market-based approach to the economy and the reforms in the communist world away from pure planned economy, that is ok and worth listening to as long as they produce evidence and suggest alternatives. Struggle! Instead, Hoxhaists and “anti-revisionists” are much more likely to wholesale denounce socialist projects world-round as unsalvagable betrayals that need to be literally destroyed and rebuilt from the ground up, indulging in the same terroristic, petty-bourgeois radicalism as Maoists and anarchists.
The most plainly this contradiction expresses itself is in the fact that Hoxhaists detest the DPRK. Of all the socialist projects in the world, the DPRK is by far the closest to adhering to “traditional” Marxist-Leninist principles – a heavily planned economy, economic protectionism – yet from Hoxhaists there exists the same disdain they hold for Cuba/China/Vietnam. The same imperialist lies and news outlets sourced in their so-called criticisms. How does that reflect their so called anti-revisionism and not merely impossible standards of purity that neatly align with the same nonsense spouted by Western NGOs?
Also their understanding of imperialism is laughable, just as with Maoists and anarchists.
They’re kind of a strange bunch insofar as they act as if they are the torch-holders for “traditional” Marxist-Leninist thought, that they’re the tankiest of the tanks, yet I’ve never seen a Hoxhaist engage in good faith outside of Maoist and anarchist circles. The phenomenal thing about Marxism-Leninism being a science is that ruthless criticism of all that exists is built into its framework – if a communist believes there are issues with adopting a more market-based approach to the economy and the reforms in the communist world away from pure planned economy, that is ok and worth listening to as long as they produce evidence and suggest alternatives. Struggle! Instead, Hoxhaists and “anti-revisionists” are much more likely to wholesale denounce socialist projects world-round as unsalvagable betrayals that need to be literally destroyed and rebuilt from the ground up, indulging in the same terroristic, petty-bourgeois radicalism as Maoists and anarchists.
The most plainly this contradiction expresses itself is in the fact that Hoxhaists detest the DPRK. Of all the socialist projects in the world, the DPRK is by far the closest to adhering to “traditional” Marxist-Leninist principles – a heavily planned economy, economic protectionism – yet from Hoxhaists there exists the same disdain they hold for Cuba/China/Vietnam. The same imperialist lies and news outlets sourced in their so-called criticisms. How does that reflect their so called anti-revisionism and not merely impossible standards of purity that neatly align with the same nonsense spouted by Western NGOs?
Also their understanding of imperialism is laughable, just as with Maoists and anarchists.