1) Lemmygrad 2) Marxism-Leninism. I've read quite a bit of theory by Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin, etc and Marxism-Leninism makes far more sense to me than any other ideology. 3) I agree with pretty much everything there. I don't know too much about some of the anti-imperialist countries (russia, nicaragua etc) but i'd be willing to learn 4) China is socialist because the proletariat holds political power. The market reforms (by Deng) are so they can develop their productive forces enough to enter the socialist mode of production. 5) Stalin synthesised Marxism-Leninism, the highest ideology of the proletariat. He was a great academic and also lead the country (and the world) through very rough years. This being said, we shouldn't fall for great man worship, but I think he was an admirable comrade. 6) I am transgender myself, and fully believe that class society and oppression of queer people must be ended together. Although class is very iportant, we must not be class reductionist in our approach to oppressed minorities.