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When Khrushchev took power after the death of Stalin, Mao upheld Stalin's line and the [[Sino-Soviet Split]] occurred in light of the condemnation of Stalin and the rejection of Stalin's ''own'' rejection of deviationism. Thus, the [[China|People's Republic of China (PRC)]] became the determinative inheritor of Stalin's legacy, which Xi Jinping still upholds today. Of course, there has been development since the times of Stalin and Mao, but the ~~dialectical, anti-dogmatic, anti-revisionist~~ grounding of oneself (or a Party) in a pragmatic politics imbued with dialectical materialist thought still serves as the bedrock of Lenin, Stalin, and Mao's "Golden Center" path of '''''anti-deviationism''''' and rational dialectical pragmatism. In fact, Chinese slogans such as "do not encourage, do not discourage" embody the essence of the Golden Center, and China's many parties working towards the same aims and the same masses reflect the strengths of the path Stalin greatly helped to forge.

When Khrushchev took power after the death of Stalin, Mao upheld Stalin's line and the [[Sino-Soviet Split]] occurred in light of the condemnation of Stalin and the rejection of Stalin's ''own'' rejection of deviationism. Thus, the [[China|People's Republic of China (PRC)]] became the determinative inheritor of Stalin's legacy, which Xi Jinping still upholds today. Of course, there has been development since the times of Stalin and Mao, but the grounding of oneself (or a Party) in a pragmatic politics imbued with dialectical materialist thought still serves as the bedrock of Lenin, Stalin, and Mao's "Golden Center" path of '''''anti-deviationism''''' and rational dialectical pragmatism. In fact, Chinese slogans such as "do not encourage, do not discourage" embody the essence of the Golden Center, and China's many parties working towards the same aims and for the same masses reflect the strengths of the path Stalin greatly helped to forge.

In America we understand this deviationism well, but not in so many words. George Washington warned against factionalism and one-sided (dogmatic) partisanism in his farewell address. Washington, whose family left England precisely because of the civil wars of the 17th-century, never represented a party himself and had watched the development and rise of the Democratic-Republican Party, which was in constant conflict with the ~~Federalist party~~.<ref>https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/past-projects/quotes/article/however-political-parties-may-now-and-then-answer-popular-ends-they-are-likely-in-the-course-of-time-and-things-to-become-potent-engines-by-which-cunning-ambitious-and-unprincipled-men-will-be-enabled-to-subvert-the-power-of-the-people-and-to-usurp-for-th</ref> John Adams warned that "a division of the republic into two great parties … is to be dreaded as the great political evil." <ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/01/two-party-system-broke-constitution/604213/</ref> Whereas Alexander Hamilton called political factions "the most fatal disease"<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=4iafgTEhU3QC&pg=PA390&lpg=PA390&dq=alexander+hamilton+faction+most+fatal+disease&source=bl&ots=v8rntLabwp&sig=E4U4SlebMXzv1RdRdcIWYGsZk0w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj8zO7XsL3eAhWLUt8KHaNCBWcQ6AEwC3oECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=alexander%20hamilton%20faction%20most%20fatal%20disease&f=false</ref>, James Madison is quoted as saying one of the great strengths of a “well-constructed Union” is “its tendency to break and control the violence of faction.” <ref>https://www.history.com/news/founding-fathers-political-parties-opinion</ref> We also teach the concept to children in the classic story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears".

In America we understand this deviationism well, but not in so many words. George Washington warned against factionalism and one-sided (dogmatic) partisanism in his farewell address. Washington, whose family left England precisely because of the civil wars of the 17th century, never represented a party himself and had watched the development and rise of the Democratic-Republican Party, which was in constant conflict with the Federalists.<ref>https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/past-projects/quotes/article/however-political-parties-may-now-and-then-answer-popular-ends-they-are-likely-in-the-course-of-time-and-things-to-become-potent-engines-by-which-cunning-ambitious-and-unprincipled-men-will-be-enabled-to-subvert-the-power-of-the-people-and-to-usurp-for-th</ref> John Adams warned that "a division of the republic into two great parties … is to be dreaded as the great political evil." <ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/01/two-party-system-broke-constitution/604213/</ref> Whereas Alexander Hamilton called political factions "the most fatal disease"<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=4iafgTEhU3QC&pg=PA390&lpg=PA390&dq=alexander+hamilton+faction+most+fatal+disease&source=bl&ots=v8rntLabwp&sig=E4U4SlebMXzv1RdRdcIWYGsZk0w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj8zO7XsL3eAhWLUt8KHaNCBWcQ6AEwC3oECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=alexander%20hamilton%20faction%20most%20fatal%20disease&f=false</ref>, James Madison is quoted as saying one of the great strengths of a “well-constructed Union” is “its tendency to break and control the violence of faction.” <ref>https://www.history.com/news/founding-fathers-political-parties-opinion</ref> We also teach the concept to children in the classic story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears".

In a word, the Golden Center is the mutual rejection of both extremes in favor of an objective, dialectical approach to the false subjective element of politics or problem-solving. It addresses the issues raised by each pair of extremes without giving in to their deviant strategies, by dialectically abolishing the conflict between them.

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-When Khrushchev took power after the death of Stalin, Mao upheld Stalin's line and the [[Sino-Soviet Split]] occurred in light of the condemnation of Stalin and the rejection of Stalin's ''own'' rejection of deviationism. Thus, the [[China|People's Republic of China (PRC)]] became the determinative inheritor of Stalin's legacy, which Xi Jinping still upholds today. Of course, there has been development since the times of Stalin and Mao, but the dialectical, anti-dogmatic, anti-revisionist grounding of oneself (or a Party) in a pragmatic politics imbued with dialectical materialist thought still serves as the bedrock of Lenin, Stalin, and Mao's "Golden Center" path of '''''anti-deviationism''''' and rational dialectical pragmatism. In fact, Chinese slogans such as "do not encourage, do not discourage" embody the essence of the Golden Center, and China's many parties working towards the same aims and the same masses reflect the strengths of the path Stalin greatly helped to forge.
+When Khrushchev took power after the death of Stalin, Mao upheld Stalin's line and the [[Sino-Soviet Split]] occurred in light of the condemnation of Stalin and the rejection of Stalin's ''own'' rejection of deviationism. Thus, the [[China|People's Republic of China (PRC)]] became the determinative inheritor of Stalin's legacy, which Xi Jinping still upholds today. Of course, there has been development since the times of Stalin and Mao, but the grounding of oneself (or a Party) in a pragmatic politics imbued with dialectical materialist thought still serves as the bedrock of Lenin, Stalin, and Mao's "Golden Center" path of '''''anti-deviationism''''' and rational dialectical pragmatism. In fact, Chinese slogans such as "do not encourage, do not discourage" embody the essence of the Golden Center, and China's many parties working towards the same aims and for the same masses reflect the strengths of the path Stalin greatly helped to forge.
-In America we understand this deviationism well, but not in so many words. George Washington warned against factionalism and one-sided (dogmatic) partisanism in his farewell address. Washington, whose family left England precisely because of the civil wars of the 17th-century, never represented a party himself and had watched the development and rise of the Democratic-Republican Party, which was in constant conflict with the Federalist party.<ref>https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/past-projects/quotes/article/however-political-parties-may-now-and-then-answer-popular-ends-they-are-likely-in-the-course-of-time-and-things-to-become-potent-engines-by-which-cunning-ambitious-and-unprincipled-men-will-be-enabled-to-subvert-the-power-of-the-people-and-to-usurp-for-th</ref> John Adams warned that "a division of the republic into two great parties … is to be dreaded as the great political evil." <ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/01/two-party-system-broke-constitution/604213/</ref> Whereas Alexander Hamilton called political factions "the most fatal disease"<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=4iafgTEhU3QC&pg=PA390&lpg=PA390&dq=alexander+hamilton+faction+most+fatal+disease&source=bl&ots=v8rntLabwp&sig=E4U4SlebMXzv1RdRdcIWYGsZk0w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj8zO7XsL3eAhWLUt8KHaNCBWcQ6AEwC3oECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=alexander%20hamilton%20faction%20most%20fatal%20disease&f=false</ref>, James Madison is quoted as saying one of the great strengths of a “well-constructed Union” is “its tendency to break and control the violence of faction.” <ref>https://www.history.com/news/founding-fathers-political-parties-opinion</ref> We also teach the concept to children in the classic story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears".
+In America we understand this deviationism well, but not in so many words. George Washington warned against factionalism and one-sided (dogmatic) partisanism in his farewell address. Washington, whose family left England precisely because of the civil wars of the 17th century, never represented a party himself and had watched the development and rise of the Democratic-Republican Party, which was in constant conflict with the Federalists.<ref>https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/past-projects/quotes/article/however-political-parties-may-now-and-then-answer-popular-ends-they-are-likely-in-the-course-of-time-and-things-to-become-potent-engines-by-which-cunning-ambitious-and-unprincipled-men-will-be-enabled-to-subvert-the-power-of-the-people-and-to-usurp-for-th</ref> John Adams warned that "a division of the republic into two great parties … is to be dreaded as the great political evil." <ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/01/two-party-system-broke-constitution/604213/</ref> Whereas Alexander Hamilton called political factions "the most fatal disease"<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=4iafgTEhU3QC&pg=PA390&lpg=PA390&dq=alexander+hamilton+faction+most+fatal+disease&source=bl&ots=v8rntLabwp&sig=E4U4SlebMXzv1RdRdcIWYGsZk0w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj8zO7XsL3eAhWLUt8KHaNCBWcQ6AEwC3oECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=alexander%20hamilton%20faction%20most%20fatal%20disease&f=false</ref>, James Madison is quoted as saying one of the great strengths of a “well-constructed Union” is “its tendency to break and control the violence of faction.” <ref>https://www.history.com/news/founding-fathers-political-parties-opinion</ref> We also teach the concept to children in the classic story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears".
 In a word, the Golden Center is the mutual rejection of both extremes in favor of an objective, dialectical approach to the false subjective element of politics or problem-solving. It addresses the issues raised by each pair of extremes without giving in to their deviant strategies, by dialectically abolishing the conflict between them.