Anti-Revisionism V. Revisionist Marxism

Let's break down Anti-Revisionism: Anti-revisionism: The doctrine which upholds the line of theory and practice associated with Marx-Engels-Lenin-Stalin, and either Mao or Hoxha. My opponent and I have agreed to focus on Mao, and so that is the main point of this refutation. China's Great Famine: The largest famine in all of human history took place in Maoist China, under Maoist policies which enacted from the late 1950's to the early 1960's, (The great leap backwards). Although drought was a contributory factor, this was largely a manmade catastrophe for which Maoism bears the greatest of responsibility. We cannot currently know the precise number of casualties, but the best demographics show about 30 million dead. Is mass starvation the best possible way to achieve a communist society? I should hope not. On this argument alone Con should win. Maoism and Today: Let's look at the effect Maoism has had in modern day China. It has all but nearly destroyed China. Talk of it propelling China into the 20th century neglect to note that an extremely troubling amount of the Chinese population still lives at a subsistence level of farming, near starvation and without access to clean water or medical care. As long as the vast majority of China remains in this state, the nation will never succeed in the long-term. Do we currently see any progress towards a Communist society in China, by looking at the demographics, it is quite obvious that the answer is no. Maoism in China has so far only brought on mass suffering. You must vote Con on this. *The Super Cool and Groovy Alternative*I present my alternative as such: The root structure of Luxemburgism, a democratic revolutionary socialist struggle to achieve communism. As I have found a worthy definition, I shall now present it:"It is a form of Left-Communism, in opposition to Leninism at the time of the 3rd international; also referred to as "Council Communism". It is a theory developed upon by Rosa Luxemburg and other founders of the German Spartakus Bund, which would later become the Communist Party of Germany. Council Communism holds onto most of the traditional views of Marxism, including the necessity of insurrection against the bourgeois capitalist state and world revolution. Where it breaks with Leninism is on the issue of economic organization after the revolution. " Just a Little Something on Council Communism:It is presented as each industry would be run by a workers’ council and this decentralized workers’ government would be managed by an executive councilCouncil Communists seek a less-centralized alternative, which differs from the centralization of governments in marxist-lenninsm. Why YOU should choose Luxemburgism! Luxemburgism would prove to be an overall better way to achieve communism than that of an anti-revisionist government for more than one reason. Knowing that these council communist policies don't involve rapid industrialization of that attempted by Stalinist and Maoist societies, thus decreasing the body count by the millions. Not to mention Luxemburgism would provide more of a voice (hence the social democratic policies) to workers, peasants, small communities, and all other marginalized and silenced people of an anti-revisionist society. So, to conclude, Luxemburgism is a "better" way to achieve communism because, empirics would show it would not lead to mass starvation, it has more democratic policies, and its form of council communism provides a more fair government for the people of its society. Sources:. http://www.nytimes.com...http://www.nytimes.com...http://socialism.wikia.com...