1. A Marxist-Leninist I'm friends with showed it to me. 2. While I do mix with some principles from Islamic socialist and Ba'athist theorists, I am a Marxist-Leninist at heart. I used to be a social democrat as I supported people like Bernie Sanders, however his inaction led me to search for more radical options. Because of that, I later became an anarchist. After a few months, I started to realize that anarchism was utopian and idealist so I slowly began becoming more Marxist and Marxist-Leninist. 3. I completely agree with most of the principles. I support the actually existing socialist states of China, Cuba, Laos, Vietnam, and Korea. I also critically support other anti-imperialist states like Venezuela, Syria, Palestine, and Iran. I also agree with the anti-oppression principle. I also find the goals to be honorable. 4. As somebody who has read the collected works of Deng Xiaoping, I do believe that China is a socialist state. It's as simple as market economics and socialism are not contradictory. China still has a dictatorship of the proletariat and the market is only to help develop the productive forces. 5. I believe that Joseph Stalin was a good man. He worked hard to build the Soviet Union into a productive state and continue the work of Vladimir Lenin. 6. Personally, I believe that gender should be abolished as it's just another excuse people use for discrimination. Despite this, I still believe it is important to support the LGBT community as they are an oppressed minority and Marxists should never stand for oppression.