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China would love an American movie about the working class rising up against the bourgeoisie. (I think that’s the real reason these movies don’t get made: they
by archagon 2y ago
China would love an American movie about the working class rising up against the bourgeoisie.
(I think that’s the real reason these movies don’t get made: they’re too “Communist” for American audiences.)
- Anthony-G 2y agoSuch films might be too “communist” for Americans but they would definitely be too “communist” for the current Chinese Communist Party. They might call themselves communists or socialists but the last thing they want is for Chinese workers to get ideas about organising autonomously and collectively. The last time this happened in 1989, they were ruthlessly crushed by the dominant, conservative wing of the CCP. https://jacobin.com/2019/06/tiananmen-square-worker-organization-socialist-democracy https://jacobin.com/2019/06/tiananmen-square-worker-organiza...
- mensetmanusman 2y agoYeah they jail communists now. They went full totalitarian.
- arrowsmith 2y agoCommunist regimes jail communists too.