Was Ho Chi Minh communist or nationalist??

Was Ho Chi Minh communist or nationalist??

>pigeonholing complex leaders into one category

What do you think he was if he was neither then?

those 2 things dont exlude eachother

>inb4 3 trillion retarded american and western baby replies

Both, and a billion other ideologies. It would be like asking how can someone be a republican if they're not pro-life.

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He's both, he was merely nationalist as first, similar to his companions, then he became a communist in like 1915.

t. Vietnamese

He was nazbol.

Both.

same as kim il sung. he was nationalist at first but became a genuine marxist revolutionary later on.

He was a patriot communist

Ho Chi Minh was a national first and believed communism was the way to take his country forward.

Given his role in the destruction of the Saigon Trotskyists we can pretty clearly say that he wasn't a communist due to sectarian deviation.

Ho Chi Minh was NAZBOL

he was a communist from an early age.

ebic xdd

A nationalist who figured that his best bet was with the communists. Naturally, France is to blame for this outcome.

>what is maoism for 500
>what is post colonial drive for national identity

is Veeky Forums this much of a virgin

Vietnamese.

Lol

It doesn't matter. He was a hero.

GEEAII GO HOME

>tfw your home is safe

>gets shot

>gets killed by a noob tube while hiding behind a thick concrete wall

Communism inherently rejects nationhood though