We have an army for fighting as well as an army for labour. For fighting, we have the Eighth Route and New Fourth Armies but even they do a dual job, warfare and production. With these two kinds of armies, and with a fighting army skilled in these two tasks and in mass work, we can overcome our difficulties and defeat Japanese imperialism.
“Get Organized!” (November 29,), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 153.
Anyway
I hate that “let’s spend some wasted military man hours on cleanup and infrastructure” is considered Maoism and not just a good and sensible idea.
Things can be Maoism and a good idea simultaneously. This is neither tho
Absolutely, I’m just having fun here. But yes, as a leftist who is not a Maoist myself but also not fond of sectarianism, I do believe you are correct that something being a Maoist tactic or methodology and being a good idea are not mutually exclusive.