Eastern Philosophy Thread

Confucianism has some hardcore metaphysics and theology which are notions most Marxists avoid like the plague.
Plus it is a strong reminder of an imperial past which would be at odds with the socialist future. Retrograde in their eyes.

Though I recall that Neo-Confucianism did become pretty popular for a while in the 60's and 70's, though I am not sure about today.

>>3347700
Respect elders, Respect parents, Respect family.

All counter the "worship Mao" mantra.

>>3347777

Did Mao actually want people to worship him as a god or something?

>>3347700

It's "reactionary" and it encourages devotion towards the Emperor, which was a real problem for the ComChi's in the early days of their rule. Modern CCCP members take a much more tolerant view of Confucius, mainly because they no longer see any danger of a revival of the Empire, just as the USSR grew more tolerant towards Orthodoxy as the real danger of a reactionary counter-revolution faded.

>>3347783
Not as a goal in itself but to manipulate plebe masses he sure did. (kinda like Kim Jong Un, but not hereditary since his son got BTFO)

>>3347783
The results speak of volume. He may "claim" he's not a demi-god, but all his propaganda/laws put into place made him into a demi-god.

>>3347783

He doesn't mean literally, but Mao had a huge cult of personality after he purged his party of dissidents with the Cultural Revolution.

>>3347796
>>3347793

Even today he is not criticized. He's their founding father, like if you took George Washington and Thomas Jefferson and morphed together into one tiny Chink psychopath.

>>3347862
The official position is he fucked up re: th cultural revolution