Id probably say that no, they arent worth emulating or holding up as they where mostly just adventurist mao-ists who ended up killing more socialists and indiginous people than anything.

I keep hearing Shining path maoists talk about what he brought to the table and im like sorry but this is just patsoc mao zedong

Agreed, I’ve been told how amazing his theory was by Maoists and I read it and just think…really? This stuff? It’s either just regurgitations of things others have said, or whacked out bullshit like “War and adventurism are good things actually.”