It legitimately was for them, if you’re being serious.

Unfortunately, you make a publicly traded company, and it will always act like a publicly traded company, in the end. No pithy saying in the code of conduct will change that. It’s like how every dictatorship tends to become a monarchy.

2018, according to Wikipedia.

You’re on .world right now, and most users are something other than Marxist. As far as the they’re concerned, being against Marxist analysis wouldn’t make it less correct.

Although, come to think of it, that most people aren’t Marxists is another area where there’s some apparent bashfulness. So you’re in the minority; sometimes the minority is right!

Yes, but such a line existing isn’t on it’s own a bad thing. Lots of lines exist with something nice on both sides.

Just that it’s not derogatory, at least in that way, and in that context.

Well, who can speak for the Hoxhaists, but if it’s coming from someone outside your community, it’s hardly an accusation of revisionism. Nobody cares if you’re contradicting Stalin, unless Stalin was definitely right.

It sure looks a whole lot different from what Stalin was doing. If it’s secretly a different manifestation of the same underlying ideas, okay, maybe. But, there’s plenty of people who argue Dengism isn’t actually real Marxism, as well.

It’s just the most obvious word for what we’re talking about. And it’s hard to believe semantic hair-splitting could make anyone that uncomfortable.

Okay, glad to hear this addressed from one of you.

According to China itself, Deng Xiaoping thought is a thing, no?

It’s definitely more shitposting. Keep it up! /s

(That applies to both of you, but only one is comparing themselves to Mao)

I guess, if he’s cool and right, why would you dislike being associated with him? Like, if we were talking animal biology, and someone called me a Darwinist, my main thought would be “oh no, and you’re not?”.

There’s a few things like that, where they’re weirdly bashful about their own ideas, despite being in an online space where a big part of the point is that they can openly believe whatever, and maybe the mods even agree with them.

Which is confusing as hell, because they unironically like Deng and think everything he said was great.