Autonomarx [he/him]
Hopefully this develops in the vein of the 2002 coup in Venezuela, where it failed completely due to popular support being mobilized and pushed the Chavez government further to the left
This reads so much like a Mussolini quote that I am stunned it’s actually real (at least as real as any e-quote is).
The “one ad/one pamphlet” concept is a horrible idea. Reactionary political platforms rely on regressive ideas that have remained in the popular political consciousness for centuries - meanwhile, the positive development of society requires an understanding of complex things that won’t be adequately expressed in such a brief format. Think economic planning, human ecology, etc.
This is a recipe for a cruel, inhumane, and backwards society. In short, bourgeois democracy.
The most fun part of federation is trying to figure out whether these bloodthirsty liberals trapped at the end of history are as rabid as they seem or are part of an op. How can a normal human being who knew anything about the past 5 years at minimum say something like “people of NATO” seriously?
Under Deng China invaded Vietnam, supported the Khmer Rouge, helped the US against the USSR with Operation Cyclone, supported the South Africa-backed UNITA and FNLA, and didn’t re-normalize relations with the USSR until pizza man visited. To characterize the critique of China as irrational ultra-leftism is to argue in bad faith.
These are crimes on a massive scale that helped contribute to the collapse of the socialist bloc and to the period of vicious reaction we currently live in. They aren’t just ‘mistakes’, and if you understand them as seriously as they should be it makes sense to question the legitimacy of the socialist project
As i said earlier in this thread, the fact that these things happened is justification enough to question China’s commitment to socialism. In spite of his abandonment of Stalin, Khrushchev didn’t ditch Cuba and back a Batista color revolution or something. Just because they aren’t doing these specific monstrous things now doesn’t mean it’s ridiculous to question the CPC. What sense does it make to separate the reforms from the policies that literally helped the United States continue its imperialist hegemony?
I agree with the first sentence and disagree with the latter. The world capitalist system was in decline by the end of the 1980s, the USSR was successful in exporting revolution even as they were actively impeded by China, and the socialist bloc walled off a vast portion of the world to capitalist exploitation. The Soviet Union’s fall gave the West a shot in the arm that is only wearing off today. These things are awful for humanity in the long run, but the CPC’s continued governance is likely the best of a terrible situation atm.