Question

How did mao zedong's view of a communist revolution differ from marx and lenin?

Answer 1

Communism: It is the ideology of a way of organizing a society in which the government owns the things that are used to make and transport products (such as land, oil, factories, ships, etc.) and there is no privately owned property.

Marxism VS Leninism :  It is the theory given by karl marx which pushes his ideology of self-liberation of working class from It is against all forms of dominations in the society - COMPLETE LIBERALISATION. He wanted to destroy capitalist nature/structure of the society where the relation of buying and selling was present in every field/corner of life.

" Marxists aim to enhance the freedom of working class people chiefly by expanding the scope of collective action and the possibilities for individual growth and creativity within that."

It was more like an urban dictatorship, economy played a major role in application of this communism theory in Russia - Lenin thought that the right time for applying Marxism in Russia is yet to come so why not apply/give a modified theory & that's where Leninism came into action. Now the power was taken from the so called working-class (which constituted urban dictatorship) and was given in the hands of a communist party.

Naxalism vs Maoism : Both these theories originated from naxalbari (a village in west Bengal - a state in India). Maoism is taken from Chinese political leader
Mao Zedong whose main thought process was ---> "Power flows from the barrel of the gun". Whereas Naxalism originated as a rebellion against marginalization of the poor forest  dwellers and gradually against the lack of development and poverty at the local  level in rural parts of eastern India.

Difference: Naxalites take part in elections and many of them are registered parties with  the Election Commission of India, Maoists do not support the electoral politics.  Secondly, the Naxalites may or may not have an armed wing, but the existence of  the Maoists depend on their armed militia.