While I think all of the criticisms of China that everyone has commented are absolutely valid, I also think that China is not in a position to transition to a communist mode of production. One part is lack of political will for it, and that will require the people of china to clamor for it, but the other part is that China is still very dependent on commodity production for the western states. I think they are making the right moves by building up economies of 3rd world countries, as that will ease the necessity of the west, but as long as they are a strongly export based economy, they are stuck. Moreover, as the country moves towards automation and exporting that automation, they are coming up to an unexplored precipice. And while we, from the outside, can just say ‘communism can handle it’, From the position of the government it’s probably a very concerning moment where the wrong move opens you up to being cannibalized by the capitalists or a color revolution. China is in a precarious position, and they are chipping away at the problems slowly. I hope that they are making the right choices given the information they have.
Fully agree, especially with Americans going on rednote and actually talking about their experiences lol. I’m not so versed on Chinese sentiment but I think that interest is largely with the younger generation, and won’t be heard as much by the older political class (another issue standing in the way).
I hope that they are making the right choices given the information they have.
If posts from people here are any indication, and the historical trends of every socialist movement ever, it’s so hard to believe that this will happen. I want it to, desperately, but it sounds like the entire PRC has captialulated to the bourgeiosie and Western pressure.
While I think all of the criticisms of China that everyone has commented are absolutely valid, I also think that China is not in a position to transition to a communist mode of production. One part is lack of political will for it, and that will require the people of china to clamor for it, but the other part is that China is still very dependent on commodity production for the western states. I think they are making the right moves by building up economies of 3rd world countries, as that will ease the necessity of the west, but as long as they are a strongly export based economy, they are stuck. Moreover, as the country moves towards automation and exporting that automation, they are coming up to an unexplored precipice. And while we, from the outside, can just say ‘communism can handle it’, From the position of the government it’s probably a very concerning moment where the wrong move opens you up to being cannibalized by the capitalists or a color revolution. China is in a precarious position, and they are chipping away at the problems slowly. I hope that they are making the right choices given the information they have.
it sounds like there might be way more interest in that now than there has been in many years
Fully agree, especially with Americans going on rednote and actually talking about their experiences lol. I’m not so versed on Chinese sentiment but I think that interest is largely with the younger generation, and won’t be heard as much by the older political class (another issue standing in the way).
If posts from people here are any indication, and the historical trends of every socialist movement ever, it’s so hard to believe that this will happen. I want it to, desperately, but it sounds like the entire PRC has captialulated to the bourgeiosie and Western pressure.
I don’t think they have completely capitulated yet, largely because China remains in one piece, but we’ll see.