It can be argued that Mao was individualist in his practice of communism. Both individualism and the dialectical materialism of communism do away with transcendental absolutes in favor of the determinations of matter. In individualism it is the state of nature that guarantees freedoms and rights, while dialectical materialism has the inevitability of history and the development or changes of matter within it. In the practice of his regime, Mao also imitated individualist practices such as allowing people to critique the staus quo which is considered a healthy process for individual reason and its relation to the state.