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Are you talking about the Maoists who don't read Mao?
I am asking about both, so I can distinguish them.
The dialectically and historically educated Maoists ( most often the MLMs) do not display the type of dogmatism that the China-hating Maoists do.
What is the difference between ML and MLM? Wasn't Mao an ML?
Yes, Mao was an ML. MLM is thought to be a universally applicable scientific progression of the Marxist theory.
Maoism is viewed as Marxism–Leninism adapted specifically to the conditions of the Chinese revolution (or at least what the Maoists claim to believe).
Maoists tend to prioritize the peasantry or in some cases, the agricultural proletariat over other classes to build a Vanguard. But we all know that we can't just copy-paste revolutions. They are built according to the class condition of the existing society. And Mao did exactly that in the 20th century rural China.