MLs don’t reject Mao, MLs reject the idea that concepts like Protracted People’s War and Cultural Revolution are universally applicable, rather than being more suited to China’s conditions as a primarily agrarian country pre-revolution. Marxism-Leninism has continued to evolve over time, and much of it does take from Mao without thinking there’s going to be a Protracted People’s War in the US. The reason Maoism is popular in areas like where the Naxalites have power is due to their material conditions more closely aligning with China’s conditions during their revolution, not due to the inherent universality of Mao’s application of Marxism-Leninism towards China’s conditions.
Even the Mass Line is adopted by some Marxist-Leninist orgs, like FRSO.
MLs don’t reject Mao, MLs reject the idea that concepts like Protracted People’s War and Cultural Revolution are universally applicable, rather than being more suited to China’s conditions as a primarily agrarian country pre-revolution. Marxism-Leninism has continued to evolve over time, and much of it does take from Mao without thinking there’s going to be a Protracted People’s War in the US. The reason Maoism is popular in areas like where the Naxalites have power is due to their material conditions more closely aligning with China’s conditions during their revolution, not due to the inherent universality of Mao’s application of Marxism-Leninism towards China’s conditions.
Even the Mass Line is adopted by some Marxist-Leninist orgs, like FRSO.