This is a short glossary of terms, acronyms, and etc. which I will commonly use in order to reduce clutter on my posts! Organized in no particular order. Please ctrl+F to find related term. This is a living document! If a term is not present in glossary, shoot me a message about it and I will add it to the glossary!
DOTB
Dictatorship Of The Bourgeoisie. This is the state as utilized and built by the bourgeoisie as a class in order to defend, maintain, and further their interests. If you (most readers) live in a western country, you live under a DOTB.
DOTP
Dictatorship Of The Proletariat. This is the state as utilized and constructed by the proletariat as a class in order to defend the socialsit revolution, maintain socialism, and further the construction of socialism and then the transition to communism. All (or most) existing and formerly existing socialism are/were DOTPs with a communist party leading and deriving its power from the proletariat as a class. DOTPs are constructed after the DOTB is destroyed in the socialist revolution.
GPCR
Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (五资产阶级文化大革命)
GGKF/ROU
Reform and Opening Up, Gai Ge Kai Fang (改革开放)
SEZ
Special Economic Zones, e.g., Shenzhen
SAR
Special Administrative Regions, HongKong and Macau
AR
Autonomous Regions, e.g. Xinjiang, Tibet, Inner Mongolia, etc..
Countries
PRC
People's Republic of China
DPRK
Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea, also known as "north korea" by westerners.
GDR/DDR
German Democratic Republic (Deutsche Demokratische Republik), also known as "east germany" by westerners.