Marxism–Leninism

Marxism–Leninism is a communist ideology, offeecially based upon the theories o Marxism an Leninism, that promotes the development an creation o an internaitional communist society through the leadership o a vanguard pairty ower a revolutionary socialist state that represents a dictatorship o the proletariat.^[1] Marxist-Leninist society seeks tae purge onything considered bourgeois, idealist, or releegious frae it.^[2] It supports the creation o a single-pairty state. It rejects poleetical pluralism external tae communism, claimin that the proletariat need a single, able poleetical pairty tae represent them an exercise poleetical leadership.^[3] Through the policy o democratic centralism, the communist pairty is the supreme poleetical institution o the Marxist-Leninist state.^[4]

Marxism–Leninism is a far-left ideology. It is based on principles o class conflict, egalitarianism, dialectical materialism an raitionalism, as well as social progress. It is anti-bourgeois, anti-caipitalist, anti-conservative, anti-fascist, anti-imperialist, anti-leeberal, anti-reactionary, an is opposed tae bourgeois democracy.

The Marxism-Leninist state utilizes a centrally planned state socialist economy.^[5] It supports public awnership o the economy an supports the confiscation o aw private property that becomes public property admeenistered bi the state, while personal property is left untouched.^[6] It typically replaces the role o mercat in the caipitalist economy wi centralizit state management o the economy that is kent as a command economy.^[6] Housomeivver in recent decades an alternative Marxist-Leninist economy that exists is the Socialist mercat economy that haes been uised bi the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae, Socialist Republic o Vietnam an historically bi the Fowkrepublic o Hungary an the Socialist Federal Republic o Yugoslavie.