Thread by @chadcon1945

Why the Confederate States of America was an early example of Maoism and what can we as leftists learn from it, a thread. (1/8)

In its most basic form maoism is the dialectical materialist view of marx that the means of production of a society should be under the ownership of the working class but with the understanding of chinese society with the peasantry being the vanguard of the working class (2/8)

substituting the worker. In contrast to the Judeo-Masonic controlled economic and social structure of the north at the time of the War of Northern Aggression, the south had a far more harmonious system of economic development prioritizing in its most basic form, (3/8)

the communal plantation system which had many similarities to other collectivist agricultural projects such as the Soviet kolkhoz and the Chinese peoples commune systems. (4/8)

While your average northern working man at the time had no stake in the means of production he worked and was exploited by the (((capital class bosses))) who often denied them basic living wages and working conditions, (5/8)

slaves who can be seen as the swarthy American peasantry were provided with housing, food, and care by the plantation owners afforded by the crops grown and sold, giving them control over their means of production. (6/8)

This dynamic created a strong bond and solidarity based on land and labor shared between the Negroid laborers and the Anglo-Saxon planters unseen in any other part of the civilized world at the time. (7/8)

As Marxists as it is important to advocate for actual existing socialism, it is also important to look back at past socialist projects to take inspiration and learn lessons to help guide us into the future. Thank you for reading. (8/8)