Dengism
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Dengism is a revisionist, social-imperialist political tendency largely found in online spaces in the West. Dengists premise their views off unquestionable support for the modern social-imperialist People's Republic of China, its ruling party, and its capitalist reforms alongside any other state which they dynamically regard as either "anti-imperialist" or "actually existing socialism." Although largely taking influence from the views of Deng Xiaoping, its namesake, and his successors, Dengists eclectically incorporate ideas from other revisionist and anti-Marxist movements, including Maoism–Third Worldism, Brezhnevism, Khrushchevism, and others.
Dengists opportunistically support capitalist-imperialist wars and states such as the Russian Federation, claiming these reactionary regimes will bring about "multipolarity" without reference to Marxist–Leninist theory or the aims of proletarian revolution. Dengists generally disregard class struggle altogether in favor of a campist view of national struggle between Eastern "anti-imperialist" and Western imperialist states. Dengists often care very little about revolution in capitalist countries, often employing third worldist rhetoric.
Because of Dengists opportunist, highly revisionist, racist, and chauvinistic views and almost exclusive presence online as opposed to any physical organizations and parties, Dengism can be compared to other tendencies such as patriotic socialism.
Notable communities
Dengists, being largely detached from actual revolutionary struggle and also being largely Westerners, lack any actual major political formations. Most Dengist "organizing" takes place online. Notable Dengist online communities and propaganda outlets include:
Subreddits
- r/GenZedong, an extremist community largely based in Reddit.
- r/InformedTankie
- r/InternationalLeft, a community dominated by "patriotic socialists" and other crypto-fascists.
- r/asktankies
- r/TheDeprogram, based around the YouTubers of The Deprogram podcast.
Media outlets
- redsails.org, a propaganda outlet which contributes pro-PRC material[1]
- Qiao Collective, publishes Chinese nationalist and social-chauvinist propaganda
- Friends of Socialist China
See also
- Patriotic socialism
- Maoism–Third Worldism
- Social-imperialism
- Brezhnev Doctrine
- Socialism with Chinese Characteristics
External links
References
- ↑ Roderic Day and Nia Frome (2021). Mission. RedSails.org.
"The second objective is to develop a correct theoretical line in particular. At the moment this line is best defined in terms of the concrete stances we take in response to various ongoing debates in our shared context. In short: pro-Stalin (against historical nihilism, anarchism, etc.), pro-China (for their chosen road of Reform and Opening Up and against “Maoism” and Sinophobia), and pro-“identity politics” (for a broad understanding of class and against the idealization of “patriotic white workers” as the revolutionary subject, etc.). We consider the populist strategy of courting brittle and ineffective “united fronts” by leaving serious questions of principle unaddressed a mirage."