Hello, I'm AmericanBaath! I'm a Marxist-Leninist (sometimes self-described as a Marxist-Leninist-Ba'athist) from the United States.
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1. I discovered it all on my own while searching for Marxist sources on China.
2. I believe firmly in Marxism-Leninism, athough I do tend to mix it in with prospects from other political philosophies by writers such as Malcolm X and Michel Aflaq. I was formerly an anarchist, however I abandoned it for Trotskyism and later Marxism-Leninism as I became more educated.
3. Yes, I have read with the principles. There is nothing there I disagree with as I support the socialist states and anti-imperialist nations mentioned. I also agree with the anti-oppression principle and with the goals.
4. I believe China is socialist as its usage of market economics to develop the productive forces is not opposed to the principles of socialist, but it is rather within the interests of the Chinese proletariat.
5. Joseph Stalin was a great successor the Vladimir Lenin who turned the USSR into a world super power. I admire him a lot.
6. I believe that gender should be determined based on personal identification and that Marxists should in fact support the LGBT community.
Essays
The American Crisis of Capital: The Nazification of the United States
The American Crisis of Capital: The Nazification of the United States is an essay covering the 2007-2008 Great Recession and the rise of fascism in the United States of America. It is currently a work-in-progress.