Marxism–Leninism was developed from Bolshevism by Joseph Stalin in the 1920s based on his understanding and synthesis of orthodox Marxism and Leninism.[10][11][12] After the death of Vladimir Lenin in 1924, Marxism–Leninism became a distinct movement in the Soviet Union when Stalin and his supporters gained control of the party. It rejected the common notion among Western Marxists of world revolution as a prerequisite for building socialism, in favour of the concept of socialism in one country.

Marxism-Leninism is bad because it is specifically Stalin’s attempt at understanding communism, and Stalin didn’t understand communism. MLism also rejects anarchism and world communism, which are both awesome ideas. Ultimately, MLism is for people who want to be communists but don’t know what communism means.

Marxism–Leninism involves the creation of a one-party state led by a communist party, as a means to develop socialism and then communism.[165] The communist party is the supreme political institution of the state.[166] Marxism–Leninism asserts that the people’s interests are fully represented through the communist party and other state institutions.[167] In the words of historians Silvio Pons and Robert Service, elections are “generally not competitive, with voters having no choice or only a strictly limited choice”.

Yeah yeah yeah, we’ll give workers control of the means of production by… checks notes, not letting them participate in governance of the state that controls the means of production