JH:
> How did I argue that?
> > You seem to have a very confident idea of what is wrong with China's
> current economic, social, and political structures. My question for
> you or anyone else wishing to answer it:
> > If you had been Deng Xiao Ping back in 1976, after Mao's death, what
> would have you done to lead China towards socialism? Would you have
> committed suicide to let the Gang of Four lead China to socialism?
> I'm just curious to see how you'd have pulled it off while avoiding
> the growth of capitalist relations.
>
> John and Ken, you have strong feelings about this. If you can keep
> them in check in your postings, then your points will be easier to
> follow.
JG:
Julio, I probably owe you an apology for my (ADD-addled) selective reading
habits and denunciatory word choices, but if you closely inspect my posts
you will find that I'm not necessarily bashing the Dengists for their late
1970's policy turns, but instead expressing my distaste for CPUSA-style
rhetorical gymnastics, which inevitably defend those policy turns using the
very same language and the very same rationales as the propaganda organs
of the party-state. To me it smacks of intellectual dishonesty, which I rather
detest. We're among fellow travelers here and don't have to prettify matters
for a hostile audience.
I know the folly of entertaining alternative historical scenarios, but I must
say
at some future date I would like to explore what could have been had the
USSR and the PRC not permitted the Sino-Soviet split to amount to such a
disabling schism... but to do so honestly would be such a monumental task,
involving the casting off (or at least rethinking and recombination) of a dozen
or more sectarian Maoist-Stalinist-Trotskyist-etc-etc-etc interpretations.
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