So what position should Marxists in the west take in regards to China? Are we looking at a country that only pays lip service to communism, the way the Soviet Union did under Gorbachev? This is what the article implies.
Is China heading towards a new model of capitalist social democracy,one not seen in the west? One mixed with state capitalism? Again the article implies this. There are a lot of us who don't buy the "genocide" line pushed by governments in the west in regards to the Uyghurs, and see it more like the displacements and relocations of indigenous people seen in the US and Canada in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Not an ideal situation,but hardly the mass genocide line fed to us by western media and governments. The US has done far worse in the last 400 years. I still believe the US model of capitalism, 40+ years of neoliberal economic decline, the lack of health care, police brutality, white supremacy and the alt-right, the post-9/11 surveillence state, and restrictions on civil liberties, not to mention the antiquated US system of government combine for one of the most oppessive countries on the face of the earth. When you measure the pros and cons side by side for average citizens, the US does not come out a lot better than China, and in a lot of ways is much worse. Are there any actually existing socialist countries who Marxists in the west can count as allies? -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#7495): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/7495 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/81477310/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
