Gotta correct ya here,FRiend.The Shining Path was a *Maoist* group and,as you know,Marx was a pussycat compared to Mao.
Correct. Mao was more Marxist than Marx with regard to the means by which to achieve revolution. Also, Maoism is a brand of Marxism for nations that lack an industrial prolotariat.
It is fascinating to review the mistakes of the Shining Path. In the beginning...and for almost 20 years...they were the "Robin Hood" of Peru. The rural folks came to respect them and had mostly kind words...as the Maoists built up their support.
At some point...when alot of the corrupt politicans and police had left the rural regions and new local "fair & honest" people assumed these roles. These people were not Maoists in any nature and actually tried to perform their functional duty without corruption. Shining Path refused to halt the killing of local authorities. At that point...with the Catholic Church weighing heavily in...the local rural support ended. It only took two years for enough intelligence to drift in...to find the Shining Path leadership and arrest them.
The amusing thing throughout all of this...was that the Peru of the 1940s/50s/60s/70s/80s was extremely corrupt...throughout the entire country. Shining Path was the only organization to force radical change and bring an improved situation to Peruivans. But Shining Path failed to grasp what real Maosist tendencies involve. There is no respect for the human being...no understanding for fairness or honesty....no acceptance of law. The Mao boys are basically Borgs...nothing less.