In 1978 the CCP split from Maoists, because the Maoists were too extreme

And because of it, I get to hear you lot constantly whining about how China is bad because it has billionaires. Well, guess what the ones who didn't want reforms to allow billionaires were called 🙄

I am not a Maoist, and I'm critical of them, however, Maoists do not believe in directly copying every policy Mao ever did. The more relevant movement to look at is the Black Panthers, who were Maoists, and who American Maoists are more likely inspired by than Mao himself.