1. From the discord server 'Peoples Republic of Proletarians'.
2. Currently, I uphold Marxism-Leninism. I respect theoretical analyses of Mao, Stalin, and Ho Chi Minh as well. I used to be a Maoist in the past but in recent times I have come to realize the stupidity of 'MLM' as a political thought. As an Indian, I would like to see the application of Marxist-Leninist theory in the Indian context.
3. I have and I have no disagreements whatsoever. I really like the goals that this site wishes to achieve, I can't wait to see the future of this project.
4. I feel like gender is entirely a social construct, and the ideas of 'Male' and 'Female' are determined by society entirely.Yes, Marxists should be in strict solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community and must advocate for an end to their oppression at any cost.
5. For the most part, very positive. Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong were two of the most important communist revolutionaries that have ever lived. Stalin's leadership was what kept USSR up and running after the passing of Lenin and through turbulent times of the second world war, and without Mao the PRC, which is arguably the greatest Socialist project ever, wouldn't exist. Those two men have their faults too. Towards the end of Stalin's regime, there was a sort of an ideological stagnancy in the USSR, it was kinda like the party stationed itself as the 'status quo', which was something that led to the bureaucratic elements such as Khruschev popping up. Mao's biggest issue was his terrible foreign policy post Sino-Soviet split, in which he supported some really questionable states just because the USSR supported their enemies.
6. I support all of the mentioned Already Existing Socialist (AES) states. I believe all 5 of those states are working, in their own way towards communism based on the tenets of Marxism-Leninism.
SECONDARY VERIFICATION QUESTIONS (choose 5 of them to answer):
2. I would like to help this site with content on Indian and South Asian movements and with translations in Hindi and Bangla, two languages I'm the most fluent in. This site lacks a lot on Indian stuff, and that needs to be worked on.
5. Yes, it should be. Well, even if it isn't there will be an inevitable disollution of the existing concept of the family with the communist movement, since the existing notion of a family is a product of capitalism, since this form of family is not primarily based on natural but moreso on economic conditions.I feel like as capitalism is destroyed, the capitalistic notion of a family with die along with it, and we could see a family based on natural relations first and foremost.
6. In my country India, communists are mainly concerned with combating religious extremism and neo-liberalism among many other things. Some communists, including myself, are also concerned with the idea of the unification of the countries of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, whose very existence is rooted in colonialism, and a creation of a union of states where every group and people of the country can get adequate representation without oppression and chauvinism by other more dominant groups.
7. Marxism is a much more scientific ideology compared to other AnCap ideologies like Anarchism or Social Democracy, it has proper grounds to it's claims and has a solid framework and the ideas has time and time again have proven to significantly improve the lives of the working class, minorities and other downtrodden peoples. And secondly, Marxism follows a much more Holistic approach, opposed to the Individualistic utopia Anarchists dream of.
8. In this situation, I am in full support of the Palestinian peoples. Israel displays a classic case of settler colonialism in this conflict over a strip of land that has historically belonged to the Palestinians. The fascistic nature of the Israeli government and the limits to which they would go to silence the voice of liberation is something to strictly condemn. Death to Zionism and the Israeli state.