Whether or not you accept Maoism as a "valid 3rd synthesis" of Marxism in the same way that Leninism is regarded as a 2nd synthesis, the actual principles of Leninism are largely exclusive to Maoist parties within the sphere of 21st century class struggle.
The neo-Leninist parties that exist outside of existing state power are largely legalistic and parliamentary. These parties have done to Lenin exactly what he feared most in death: he has been converted into a harmless icon, robbing his revolutionary theory of its substance.
Who in the international struggle properly recognizes the Communist Party as an illegal entity? Who wages revolution? Who builds dual power? The great irony is that those who reject Maoism as merely Leninism with a new name will rarely find that Leninism anywhere else.
It goes without saying that what I am describing here is a trend, not a law. Any ML party which upholds Lenin in earnest, in the ways described above, will probably have my support even if they reject Maoist theories.
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