For real, it's the one thing giving me hope for the future

  • GVAGUY3 [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I do understand why it's naive to fully trust China and Dengist policies have created a lot of misery, but from what I understand, it has gotten somewhat better in China. Of course one the biggest thing holding the CPC back both materially and mentally is US aggression. It is equally as naive to downplay the fact that China is stuck in it's state capital system due to it having to fight off the US.

    • Bread_In_Baltimore [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Deng Xiaoping Theory has literally eradicated misery on a scale and at a speed never seen before. If China continued down there path Mao set, it would've collapsed decades ago and China would be on par with Nigeria at best. It's not sexy and romantic or epic and based, but it fucking works. China could've transitioned to socialism 30 years ago and been about as prosperous as the USSR but it would suffer from the same contradictions that led to the USSR's collapse. Maybe they're bullshitting and will never transition. Maybe they're forreal and will actually go through with it. Either way they're resisting US Imperialism and lifting people out of poverty at an extremely fast rate, while providing global south countries with the means to improve their own lot. That's good enough for me.___