Why are Maoists called "leftist"?

送交者: alabama 于 2012-03-21, 10:07:22:

Maoists are more conservative, more resistant to reform and change. I feel they should be the "rightists". Am I right?

During the time of Chinese Civil War, - 虎子 (296 bytes) 2012-03-21, 11:01:17 (654634)
- It is related to the 'human society trend' that you believe: - meiyou (162 bytes) 2012-03-21, 11:12:13 (654639)
  - Well, Star Trek went even further.... - 虎子 (77 bytes) 2012-03-21, 12:03:19 (654651)
这些年你去哪了？根据中美镜像定理，四者关系：中左－中右－美右－美左。 (无内容) - chouqilozi (0 bytes) 2012-03-21, 10:18:49 (654602)
- 中美镜像定理? Interesting, Thanx. That makes sense. (无内容) - alabama (0 bytes) 2012-03-21, 10:20:56 (654605)
No, you are left. - 蓝隼 (13 bytes) 2012-03-21, 10:16:05 (654601)