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The tragedy of losing our own Communist (and Socialist) Party is how they could counterbalance the narrative of China. Imagine Chinese and American Communist st
by JamesLeonis 9y ago
The tragedy of losing our own Communist (and Socialist) Party is how they could counterbalance the narrative of China. Imagine Chinese and American Communist students having a debate in public of these universities. How many disaffected Chinese could we swing our way? Regardless of your stance of Marx, ceding the entire argument ground to the CCP doesn't do us any favors.
- sterlind 9y agoCPUSA was an actual communist party, while CCP's main ideology is Chinese corporate nationalism. I think engaging with CPUSA would most certainly take points off your social credit score back home.
- malandrew 9y agoThis. The CCP is communist in name only (and maybe mechanisms of social control). There isn't much about China that is communist these days. I think China would more accurately be considered authoritarian capitalist and nationalist. China is only socialist in the same ways that Nazi Germany was socialist.
- johnzim 9y agoThey gave it a solid try and only gave up after the inevitable famine, forced labour camps, poverty and imprisonment of political opposition. A solid display of Marxist government. Then they worked out they could still have most of that without the widespread poverty with fascism!
- yostrovs 9y agoExactly. In any case, ask a Communist where Communism had been tried and the answer will be: nowhere. True Communists see it like true Christians see heaven. It exists because book says so, but getting there gets stopped by evil others.
- alistoriv 9y agoYeah, almost two decades after the famine. And were the Gang of Four not imprisoned political opposition? Your comment reminds me of the famous Mao quote "No investigation, no right to speak."