At work, I was having some casual political small-talk with a coworker I thought was a liberal, and I threw out the “maybe we should make everyone do a year or two of customer service or retail before they officially become citizens” take.
She responded with “That’s literally Maoism.” She then explained to me that the central pole holding up the umbrella of Maoist philosophies is that the government has the responsibility to create moral citizens by requiring them to directly serve their country, such as farming or millitary service.
This feels correct, but I also feel like I am missing a lot.
Critical support for Comrade Cuddles even though he just called me a revisionist.
He calls me a revisionist about five times an hour, join the club. Usually because he doesn’t like my cuddling technique. He says I “suck in bed” meaning that a night’s worth of cuddling is less enjoyable than he’d hoped, and I have to stifle a laugh, he’s so innocent and adorable. He calls everyone a revisionist. He sharpens his claws on my Soviet flag because he’s still mad about the Sino-Soviet Split. He eats my bamboo kitchen implements. He throws me out of the bed so he can hold a party meeting with all the other teddy bears. He’s the worst comrade ever. And a really bad roommate, for a teddy bear.
But the hugs are really good, okay? He can call me a revisionist and chew up my cutting board all he wants if I get those sweet panda bear hugs. And a 🐼 who’s a stereotypical Maoist is funny and very cute. At least he knows who Lenin was. Unlike another stuffed bear in a red shirt who I only ever get as far as “peace, land, hunny!” with.