Editing Maoism (section)

=== Mass line ===
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Building on the theory of the [[vanguard party]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lenin |first=Vladimir |author-link=Vladimir Lenin |url=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1901/witbd/ |title=Lenin's Collected Works |date=1961 |publisher=Foreign Languages Publishing House |volume=5 |location=Moscow |pages=347–530 |translator-last=Fineberg |translator-first=Joe |chapter=What Is To Be Done |orig-date=1902 |translator-last2=Hanna |translator-first2=George}}</ref> by [[Vladimir Lenin]], the theory of the [[mass line]] outlines a strategy for the revolutionary leadership of the masses, consolidation of the [[dictatorship of the proletariat]], and strengthening of the party and the building of [[Socialist mode of production|socialism]]. The mass line can be summarised as "from the masses, to the masses". It has three components or stages:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Short Definitions of the 'Mass Line' and a 'Mass Perspective' |url=http://massline.info/sum1p.htm |access-date=15 June 2014 |website=massline.info}}</ref>
# Gathering the diverse ideas of the masses.
# Processing or concentrating these ideas from the perspective of revolutionary Marxism, in light of the long-term, ultimate interests of the masses (which the masses may sometimes only dimly perceive) and in light of a scientific analysis of the objective situation.
# Returning these concentrated ideas to the masses in the form of a political line which will advance the mass struggle toward revolution.

These three steps should be applied repeatedly, reiteratively uplifting practice and knowledge to higher and higher stages.