Vanishing Marxism on LBO-talk Re: ANSWER, cops, breakaways

[Chiang Ching]

> The term "Maoist" rather dissolves what seems to me central to what we
> can learn from the Chinese CP 1930 to 1960 or so, the separation between
> "ism" (fundamental theory of the capitalist era) and "thought" (the
> theory and practice of a particular revolutionary movement in a
> particular time and place).
>
> To put not entirely flippantly, the first thing we must learn from Mao
> is not to be Maoists.
>
> Carrol
>

So, if I follow you correctly what you are saying is that there is no
development of theory through practice?

That seems hardly Marxist to me since Marxism is based on a scientific
approach to the world. Without development of theory by through its
application, you end up with dead dogma.