Marxist-Leninists have a few takes that draw major friction between liberals who enjoy the idea of socialism/communism but haven’t really engaged with the theory and history of Marxism, such as:
MLs strongly oppose the west, including Europe, as the imperial hegemony. Liberals tend to not see Europe as imperialist even if it relies on imperialism, so when an ML calls for abolishing NATO this can cause friction.
MLs advocate for completely rejecting the DNC and GOP in the US, and instead running a working class party and organizing outside of the electoral system. Liberals tend to believe in voting for the DNC as “harm reduction,” but MLs look as the system itself and see the DNC as propping up the same imperialist system, necessitating working outside of this.
Disagreements on Actually Existing Socialism. MLs tend to support existing socialist countries, and liberals tend not to. MLs typically take a non-western viewpoint on socialist countries, and tend to have studied Marxism more in-depth, while liberals tend to take the western viewpoint and not have studied Marxism very much. This causes more friction.
This is why MLs and liberals tend to clash. If you want to learn more about Marxism-Leninism, I made an intro reading list you can check out.
Marxist-Leninists have a few takes that draw major friction between liberals who enjoy the idea of socialism/communism but haven’t really engaged with the theory and history of Marxism, such as:
MLs strongly oppose the west, including Europe, as the imperial hegemony. Liberals tend to not see Europe as imperialist even if it relies on imperialism, so when an ML calls for abolishing NATO this can cause friction.
MLs advocate for completely rejecting the DNC and GOP in the US, and instead running a working class party and organizing outside of the electoral system. Liberals tend to believe in voting for the DNC as “harm reduction,” but MLs look as the system itself and see the DNC as propping up the same imperialist system, necessitating working outside of this.
Disagreements on Actually Existing Socialism. MLs tend to support existing socialist countries, and liberals tend not to. MLs typically take a non-western viewpoint on socialist countries, and tend to have studied Marxism more in-depth, while liberals tend to take the western viewpoint and not have studied Marxism very much. This causes more friction.
This is why MLs and liberals tend to clash. If you want to learn more about Marxism-Leninism, I made an intro reading list you can check out.
The way you compare the two groups initially gave me the impression you try to give an objective comparison :D
I am trying to be objective, but I’m also a Marxist-Leninist. I’m biased, as everyone is.