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'''Dengism''' is a [[ | {{pov}}{{about|the informal designation used online|the theory of the Communist Party of China|Socialism with Chinese Characteristics}} | ||
[[File:GenZedong Reddit Picture.png|thumb|Image used by r/GenZedong, a major, entirely online, self-declared "Dengist" community.]] | |||
'''Dengism''' is a largely online{{slanted}}{{cn}} political tendency which expresses critical or uncritical support for the [[People's Republic of China]], as well as a label for the ideological strain which supports this position. Dengism is named for [[Deng Xiaoping]] and derives some of its ideological positions from his writings. Use of the term from either supporters or critics is not common outside of internet spaces, and the concept may have originated on the internet.{{cn}} Dengism is controversial due to its direct connection to the heated debate over [[China]]. Dengism bears relation to [[Deng Xiaoping Theory]] and [[Xi Jinping Thought]] {{cn}} but is often associated much more with foreign supporters of the ideology of the [[Communist Party of China]] (particularly Westerners).<ref name=":0">[https://github.com/Red-Spectre/Info/blob/main/Against%20Dengism.md Against Dengism]''Red-Spectre''</ref>{{fv}} | |||
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== Characteristics == | |||
=== Campism and support for "Actually Existing Socialism" === | |||
Despite claiming to uphold [[Mao Zedong|Mao Zedong's]] thesis that revolutionary movements must develop in accordance to national peculiarities and independently of external socialist states, most Dengists adhere to an extreme form of foreign dogmatism; viewing the primary bringers of socialism as being the supposedly socialist People's Republic of China and the [[Russian Federation]] (the latter country they reluctantly admit is not socialist, but de facto regard it as still being socialist), rather than the proletariat and its revolutionary vanguard in each country. In addition, most Dengists omit class struggle altogether in favor of national struggle; viewing the world as being a conflict between an "anti-imperialist" (Eastern) camp and an imperialist (Western) camp, regardless as to the whether such states are socialist or not.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">[https://queer-bolshevik.medium.com/the-aes-doctrine-wrong-then-wrong-now-a8666de371da The "AES" Doctrine: Wrong then, Wrong Now]</ref> | |||
Further, Dengists dogmatically adhere to the "[[Actually existing socialism|AES]]" ("actually existing socialism") doctrine. "AES" is a propaganda term concocted in the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|Soviet]] revisionist regime under [[Brezhnev]] in order to justify their revisionist deviations and stagnation. Today, it is similarly used by Dengists to suggest that the modern corporatist and profit-driven economic system found in China and similar countries are the "be-all end-all" of socialism, as well as to justify any and all [[Revisionism|revisions and deviations to Marxism]] which the CPC and similar parties make.<ref name=":1" /> | |||
=== "Critical support" === | |||
In order to deflect correct criticism from Marxists, Dengists, when supporting capitalist-imperialist states such as the Russian Federation or revisionist (and [[Internal debates|arguably]] social-imperialist) countries like China or the [[History of the Soviet Union (1956-1991)|post-Stalinist Soviet Union]], claim they are merely "critically supporting" such countries. However, this "critical support" is almost always uncritical in nature, with Dengists militantly repeating [[Russo-Ukrainian War|Russian propaganda]], denying war crimes, and often using blatant contradictory reasoning (for example, denouncing [[Protracted People's War|People's Wars]] waged by [[Maoism|Maoists]] on the basis of dubious propaganda of supposed war crimes propagated by, at times, even the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]], yet proceeding to dogmatically support the Chinese government's decision to send weapons to reactionary capitalist governments in [[Nepal]] and the [[The Philippines|Philippines]] as "socialist internationalism").<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> | |||
=== "Support" for "Mao Zedong Thought" === | |||
Similar to how Maoists (and Mao Zedong himself) paid lip-service to the theoretical advancements made by [[Joseph Stalin|Josef Stalin]] and his government but in reality were [[Anti-Stalinism|anti-Stalinists]], Dengists claim to uphold Mao Zedong as a major contributor to Marxism, but in reality are strongly opposed to his actual policies. Dengists view the [[Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution|Cultural Revolution]], the [[Sino-Soviet Split|Sino-Soviet split]], and such as "ultra-left". While Dengists oppose Maoism, they fail to actually understand its revisionist aspects and merely do so because Maoists are opposed to the notion of "actually existing socialism", of which is key in Dengist dogma.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
=== Third-worldism === | |||
Not unexpectedly, most Dengists adhere to varying degrees of third-worldist ideology. Dengists commonly employ pseudo-racialist terminology to refer to Westerners and view the proletariat in Western countries as being "bought off" by imperialism (ironically, considering most Dengists are actually [[United States of America|US-Americans]] themselves). Thus, Dengists believe that socialism could only be attained in Western countries via a direct military conquest by the People's Republic of China or Russian Federation (that is assuming they concern themselves with spreading socialism in the first place, of which they largely do not).<ref name=":0" /> | |||
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==Notable Dengist spaces== | |||
==== Subreddits ==== | |||
* [https://www.reddit.com/r/GenZedong/ r/GenZedong] — a play on "Gen Z" and [[Mao Zedong]]. Quarantined by Reddit for "a high volume of information not supported by credible sources" | |||
* [https://www.reddit.com/r/InformedTankie/ r/InformedTankie] | |||
* [https://www.reddit.com/r/asktankies/ r/asktankies] — affiliated with GenZedong | |||
==== Lemmy instances ==== | |||
* [[Lemmygrad|lemmygrad.ml]] — a web forum with archives for the subreddits above. Most users are from r/GenZedong. | |||
* [https://www.hexbear.net hexbear.net] — a web forum which, in theory, is "left-unity", but is largely Dengist.{{cn}} | |||
==== Media outlets ==== | |||
* [https://redsails.org/ redsails.org] — contains third-worldist and Chinese nationalist material.{{cn}} | |||
== Criticism == | |||
Critics accuse Dengists of supporting [[social-imperialism]], [[class collaborationism]], or even [[chauvinism]] against Westerners and others. | |||
=== Comparison to other ideologies === | |||
Dengists have been compared{{who}}<!--By who? Do you have a source? Cite the passage. Otherwise this is an unnecessarily inflammatory comparison and should be reduced to individual arguments.--> to [[patriotic socialism]] in the sense that they may be supportive of "AES" countries and the [[Russian Federation]]; they both uphold private ownership of the means of production even into [[socialism]];{{cn}} they both view national struggle as more dominate to class struggle, and so forth. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Nikita Khrushchev]] | |||
* [[ | |||
* [[Brezhnev Doctrine]] | * [[Brezhnev Doctrine]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Maoism–Third Worldism]] | ||
* [[Nikolai Bukharin]] | |||
* [[Actually existing socialism]] | |||
* [[People's Republic of China]] | |||
== References == | |||
[[Category:Tendencies]] | |||
[[Category:China]] | |||
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[[Category:Online ideologies]] | |||
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Dengism is a largely online[tendency-based slant][citation needed] political tendency which expresses critical or uncritical support for the People's Republic of China, as well as a label for the ideological strain which supports this position. Dengism is named for Deng Xiaoping and derives some of its ideological positions from his writings. Use of the term from either supporters or critics is not common outside of internet spaces, and the concept may have originated on the internet.[citation needed] Dengism is controversial due to its direct connection to the heated debate over China. Dengism bears relation to Deng Xiaoping Theory and Xi Jinping Thought [citation needed] but is often associated much more with foreign supporters of the ideology of the Communist Party of China (particularly Westerners).[1][failed verification]
Notable Dengist spaces
Subreddits
- r/GenZedong — a play on "Gen Z" and Mao Zedong. Quarantined by Reddit for "a high volume of information not supported by credible sources"
- r/InformedTankie
- r/asktankies — affiliated with GenZedong
Lemmy instances
- lemmygrad.ml — a web forum with archives for the subreddits above. Most users are from r/GenZedong.
- hexbear.net — a web forum which, in theory, is "left-unity", but is largely Dengist.[citation needed]
Media outlets
- redsails.org — contains third-worldist and Chinese nationalist material.[citation needed]
Criticism
Critics accuse Dengists of supporting social-imperialism, class collaborationism, or even chauvinism against Westerners and others.
Comparison to other ideologies
Dengists have been compared[who?] to patriotic socialism in the sense that they may be supportive of "AES" countries and the Russian Federation; they both uphold private ownership of the means of production even into socialism;[citation needed] they both view national struggle as more dominate to class struggle, and so forth.
See also
- Nikita Khrushchev
- Brezhnev Doctrine
- Maoism–Third Worldism
- Nikolai Bukharin
- Actually existing socialism
- People's Republic of China
References
- ↑ Against DengismRed-Spectre