Subtitles do not work in English on my end, so unfortunately I cannot read it, and I do not speak Russian. Is there a text version I can run through a translator?
It’s a shame, I stumbled across it by accident and experienced déjà vu. as if it were a continuation of our conversation
I couldn’t find the transcript of this video.
I can summarize his views.
Nikolai Platoshkin has an ambivalent view of modern China: while acknowledging its remarkable economic successes, he criticizes the country’s departure from classical Marxism and expresses concerns about Beijing’s overly pragmatic foreign policy toward Russia. The politician’s main theses on China: “Special” socialism: The politician notes that the Chinese Communist Party retains power and state planning, but within the country, hard-line capitalism prevails, with colossal social stratification and private property. Foreign policy pragmatism: The expert warns that Beijing primarily protects its economic interests and fears large-scale Western sanctions, which is why it acts with an eye on the United States and may limit cooperation with Russia. Historical parallels: Platoshkin criticizes some of Deng Xiaoping’s decisions and China’s current course, believing that in terms of social protection and equality, China is inferior to the standards established under Mao Zedong.
There are certainly new contradictions that arose from Reform and Opening Up, but without it it is highly unlikely that China would be in the position it is today, with incredible advancements in the productive forces and a new, multipolar order. I don’t believe this is a departure from classical Marxism at all, but a different application of the same classical Marxist economics. Again, the Soviet economy is not the definition of socialism, but one application of Marxist economics.
You aren’t the first person unable to translate Russian videos using subtitles; I suspect you are being restricted.
In that video, Platoshkin discussed various forms of socialism—specifically, socialism as it existed in China, the USSR, Yugoslavia, and similar places. I didn’t provide you with a full translation of that video; rather, I gave you a brief, bullet-point summary of Platoshkin’s views regarding China.
I did this so you would understand that I am not the only idealist out there—there are others, too. These are people who remember the USSR and, through the lens of their own subjective worldview, compare it with what is happening today. There are a great many such people here, Comrade. They are a diverse bunch—some smart, some foolish; some cheerful, some somber—but they are united by one thing: they were born in the USSR.
Nowadays in Russia, it has become fashionable to travel to North Korea—solely for the sake of experiencing the USSR once again. These people aren’t concerned with Marxist economics; they simply want to return to the USSR—which is precisely why they don’t go to China in search of that experience.
Moreover, North Korea is the only country that has stood up in Russia’s defense. In North Korea, Russians are held in high regard and are still considered friends to this day.
You made a very astute observation: for a Soviet person, a lack of “soul” is utterly unacceptable. That, Comrade, is a dogma.
I’m aware of the intense nostalgia faced by the post-soviet peoples. I myself would probably fall into despair seeing such a system ripped from under my feet. I know many in Russia travel to the DPRK as it more closely resembles the Soviet era, despite being its own unique form of juche socialism. However, as I stand outside of the post-soviet sphere, in a country founded on genocide and settler-colonialism that continued to prey upon the world, I also believe I can have a view of Chinese, Korean, and former Soviet socialism that recognizes them all as legitimate emancipatory efforts.
Subtitles do not work in English on my end, so unfortunately I cannot read it, and I do not speak Russian. Is there a text version I can run through a translator?
It’s a shame, I stumbled across it by accident and experienced déjà vu. as if it were a continuation of our conversation
I couldn’t find the transcript of this video.
I can summarize his views.
Nikolai Platoshkin has an ambivalent view of modern China: while acknowledging its remarkable economic successes, he criticizes the country’s departure from classical Marxism and expresses concerns about Beijing’s overly pragmatic foreign policy toward Russia. The politician’s main theses on China: “Special” socialism: The politician notes that the Chinese Communist Party retains power and state planning, but within the country, hard-line capitalism prevails, with colossal social stratification and private property. Foreign policy pragmatism: The expert warns that Beijing primarily protects its economic interests and fears large-scale Western sanctions, which is why it acts with an eye on the United States and may limit cooperation with Russia. Historical parallels: Platoshkin criticizes some of Deng Xiaoping’s decisions and China’s current course, believing that in terms of social protection and equality, China is inferior to the standards established under Mao Zedong.
There are certainly new contradictions that arose from Reform and Opening Up, but without it it is highly unlikely that China would be in the position it is today, with incredible advancements in the productive forces and a new, multipolar order. I don’t believe this is a departure from classical Marxism at all, but a different application of the same classical Marxist economics. Again, the Soviet economy is not the definition of socialism, but one application of Marxist economics.
You aren’t the first person unable to translate Russian videos using subtitles; I suspect you are being restricted.
In that video, Platoshkin discussed various forms of socialism—specifically, socialism as it existed in China, the USSR, Yugoslavia, and similar places. I didn’t provide you with a full translation of that video; rather, I gave you a brief, bullet-point summary of Platoshkin’s views regarding China.
I did this so you would understand that I am not the only idealist out there—there are others, too. These are people who remember the USSR and, through the lens of their own subjective worldview, compare it with what is happening today. There are a great many such people here, Comrade. They are a diverse bunch—some smart, some foolish; some cheerful, some somber—but they are united by one thing: they were born in the USSR.
Nowadays in Russia, it has become fashionable to travel to North Korea—solely for the sake of experiencing the USSR once again. These people aren’t concerned with Marxist economics; they simply want to return to the USSR—which is precisely why they don’t go to China in search of that experience.
Moreover, North Korea is the only country that has stood up in Russia’s defense. In North Korea, Russians are held in high regard and are still considered friends to this day.
You made a very astute observation: for a Soviet person, a lack of “soul” is utterly unacceptable. That, Comrade, is a dogma.
I’m aware of the intense nostalgia faced by the post-soviet peoples. I myself would probably fall into despair seeing such a system ripped from under my feet. I know many in Russia travel to the DPRK as it more closely resembles the Soviet era, despite being its own unique form of juche socialism. However, as I stand outside of the post-soviet sphere, in a country founded on genocide and settler-colonialism that continued to prey upon the world, I also believe I can have a view of Chinese, Korean, and former Soviet socialism that recognizes them all as legitimate emancipatory efforts.