• muddi [he/him]English
    1•2 years ago

    Earth and the Federation was communism. Admittedly an idealist version of it, came about because it was voted in by enlightened voters. But even then the Bell Riots showed that it was capitalism that caused conditions to arise in which the oppressed rose up against the failures of capitalism, and finally end it.

    Not sure if you specifically meant something about Mao, but at least be aware of this. It’s the most basic theory of communism that capitalism fails, turns into barbarism, and the working class have no option but to revolt to resolve the crisis.

      • UlyssesT [he/him]English
        1•2 years ago

        like allowing differences of opinion and anti-authoritarianism

        Getting steamrolled by nazis after inviting them to the table under pompous pretenses of “allowing differences of opinion” isn’t even a viable starter for a government. The Weimar Republic comes to mind.

        The in-setting excuse for why the Federation survived at all, shaky as it was, is that it employs cryptofascists already and gives them unchecked privileges to surveil, harm, and murder on a whim to maintain the status quo: Section 31. You might be a fan.

      • muddi [he/him]English
        1•2 years ago

        The Federation is built on principles that run counter to Maoism in important respects like allowing differences of opinion and anti-authoritarianism.

        Do you know what the “mass line” concept by Mao is?