Is China socialist?
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    cayde6ml
    2d ago 100%

    I get behind and totally support "ruthless criticism" of everything. And dialectical materialism is baked into my blood.

    I'm also skeptical if China does have a bourgeoisie class. I can definitely see China currently having something analogous to the bourgeoisie class, but the relationship to the means of production and capital is in my view, too different to directly describe as being bourgeoisie. Words have specific meanings, but also the general sentiment often matters more. There is no doubt a metric-shit ton of work still to do, and even China isn't exactly a worker's paradise.

    I have no doubt that billionaires and corrupt CPC members have lots of power, but my partial understanding was that most of China's billionaires seemed to be "billionaires-in-name-only." Sure, they may have net worth in the billions, but only if they are at the head of or play an important part in state-owned enterprises or if the CPC thinks it's necessary to have the capitalist on a leash, which I think is fundamentally different than classical bourgeoisie and proletariat. I still kind of scoff at people that point out that China has billionaires, and view it as a false equivalence. How often does the CPC seem to kick their shit in, fire or imprison billionaires, expropriate their wealth, and limit their power and reach at every step of the way? The BiNO's can afford slightly fancier cars and houses, but they seem to have almost zero real practical power. I'm not naive about the risks, though.

    Though I do think that no government is ever likely 100 percent efficient or 100 percent uncorrupt, and for instance I think it's a fucking travesty that the 696 work schedule and culture still exists, and that the CPC should do more to combat it.

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  • Is China socialist?
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    cayde6ml
    2d ago 100%

    I used to like Fellow Traveler, but I immediately view with suspicion anyone who denies that China is socialist.

    China is arguably "more socialist" than the USSR was, and if China isn't socialist, than the USSR never was.

    While there are many ways and thought experiments to quantify socialism, and there isn't and probably shouldn't be just one ultimate factor, I think the simplest measuring stick is something like this:

    Is China run as a country where the means of production are used to produce things primarily for use value? Yes.

    Is private property and investment and commodity production tolerated and all, yet limited to a way greater extent than in neoliberal "democracies"? Also yes.

    Is the commanding heights of the economy controlled by the proletariat, or at least by the state in the name and practical results of favoring the proletariat? Yes.

    That isn't to say that China isn't above criticism or that socialism isn't a constant struggle, but I can't take seriously anyone who seriously questions if China is socialist or not.

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  • Was Yugoslavia really communist?
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    cayde6ml
    6d ago 100%

    Is it true that Stalin tried to have Tito assassinated? I thought it was mostly neoliberal propaganda.

    But if true, this is all fucking horrible and terrifying.

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  • North Korea blows up roads near South Korean border as tensions soar
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    cayde6ml
    6d ago 100%

    I really hope that the DPRK knows what it's doing. I'm sure they do, and I won't pretend to know better. This is almost definitely a trap though, Fake Korea deliberately provoking the DPRK more than usual to entice conflict, then the collective west can point to the DPRK as the aggressor.

    I hope that the DPRK, if this does lead to escalation, sees a lull in Amerikkkan imperialist colonialism, to where the DPRK can strike back.

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  • Was Yugoslavia really communist?
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    cayde6ml
    6d ago 100%

    As Anarcho-Bolshevik and multitotal have noted, and in my personal view, Yugoslavia was definitely, firmly socialist. It had more markets and concessions to capital than the USSR for instance, but the commanding heights of the economy were controlled by the state in the name of the working class, and commodities were mostly produced to generate profit for Yugoslavia to survive in a capitalist world and provide for it's citizens. This is something that every single socialist country has and had to do, for now.

    That all being said, just because a country is socialist doesn't mean it's not above criticism. I'm not saying that you said or thought that, it's just important to keep in mind.

    Allegedly, Yugoslavia murdered Soviet and classical Marxist-Leninist-aligned politicians.

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  • And they took it slightly better than I thought they would! I was born and raised Catholic, and so were my grandparents. Due to multiple reasons, such as having a cocktail of mental disorders or conditions, I live with them. My grandparents are from a different era, and they used to be vehemently homophobic. But they've told me that across the previous decades and numerous social movements, their views have softened and changed. My grandfather is agnostic and my grandma is a moderate Catholic, but because of my knowledge, love, care and my passion, I have actually converted both of my grandparents into being hardcorre communist sympathizers. My grandpa loves Fidel Castro, Stalin, and even got a Che Guevara shirt because of me. They were stunned today when I came out. While people often say they will love and understand no matter what, its different when its your own family, and actions speak louder than words. My grandfather was in tears, but not because of me being bisexual. He was in tears because I had been "hiding" or not talking about it for so long, and that I was never upfront about it, and he feels fucking ashamed and guilty that I was ever afraid of telling him and that I shouldn't keep shit to myself. I feel like I climbed fucking Mt. Everest. Imagine telling your Southern and Texan former Latino gangster grandfather that's covered in tattoos and with a criminal record and a dark past and previous intense homophobia that you're bisexual. Or your German immigrant grandmother that was abused and forced to become a perfect Catholic, now feels thankful and non-judgmental, and how it feels to feel safe around your family. They both have lots of questions, but they don't want to pry and they don't know where to start, and they know I'll tell them more when I feel like it. I'm still fucking reeling, but I think I'll be able to sleep moderately better tonight. I'm so happy and fucking tired.

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    https://alexanderf.substack.com/p/i-never-knew-what-it-was-like-to https://alexanderf.substack.com/p/the-cover-up This guy and his family are homeless in Guatemala currently, and being hunted by U.S. mercenaries for speaking the truth about Ukraine. I hope the family can get asylum in Russia, like he says in the comments.

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    "Lenin was a big meanie for waging a democratic revolution against the co-opted provisional government that sided with the tsar"

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    For roughly 10 goddamn months now, I've been reading constant articles, reddit posts, tweets, and seeing news segments throwing hissy fits and slandering Russia's anti-imperialist liberation war against Ukranazi Imperialism. I'm fucking pissed off and sickened by the amount of hackneyed overdramatic sympathy that Ukraine gets, the amount of jokes about neckbeard redditors wishing Zelenskyy would plow their wives, about how poor Ukraine just needs another few hundred billion dollars to destroy big bad Putin, about how the Russian army are monsterous rapists, and how NATO is a defensive organization, and how Putin is a dictator for setting up schools and hospitals in liberated areas in Ukraine. It brings my piss to a boil. I'm just trying to read actual news, have my coffee, play Destiny 2 and Gotham Knights, but nooo. It genuinely seems like 70-80 percent of Amerikkkans are window-licking tools that believe everything they read. I swear to fucking Christ, I can't look at anything even remotely resembling the color combination of gold, yellow and blue without wanting to punch a rhinoceros. (Of course I'd never hit or take my anger out on an animal or innocent person, I'm expressing my anger in a humorous way) But I guess I'm an "evile tankie Putin bootlicker" for wanting the Ukranazis to get what they deserve. Some cracker piece of shit flew into a mayo rage at me a few weeks ago because I dared to say that I wouldn't mind Zelenskyy being killed and Ukraine being liberated and Russia returning to socialism if I had to "sacrifice" Putin for it to happen.

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    I was browsing the r/IsaacArthur subreddit, and found this word salad. They get wall.

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    www.granma.cu

    cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/390711 > I was honestly very worried that the gusanos and papists would have prevented the passing of this family code. I doomscrolled on Twitter and saw a surprising number of anti-communist Cubans, CIA cutouts and reich-wing fascist rejects either refusing to vote or admitting to voting no or advocating for regime change, but this warms my heart.

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    https://www.granma.cu/codigo-de-las-familias/2022-09-26/cuba-dijo-si-al-codigo-de-las-familias

    I was honestly very worried that the gusanos and papists would have prevented the passing of this family code. I doomscrolled on Twitter and saw a surprising number of anti-communist Cubans, CIA cutouts and reich-wing fascist rejects either refusing to vote or admitting to voting no or advocating for regime change, but this warms my heart.

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    www.youtube.com

    cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/374048 > cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/374047 > > > cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/374046 > > > > > The comments of the video are mouth-breathing capitalist bootlicking pond scum feigning moral outrage as the U.S. sanctions DPRK

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    www.youtube.com

    cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/374047 > cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/374046 > > > The comments of the video are mouth-breathing capitalist bootlicking pond scum feigning moral outrage as the U.S. sanctions DPRK

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    www.youtube.com

    cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/374046 > The comments of the video are mouth-breathing capitalist bootlicking pond scum feigning moral outrage as the U.S. sanctions DPRK

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    This dude annoys me by the day. He's a paper tiger anti-communist who has uploaded videos of himself harassing, threatening and doxxing students of color and socialists. He lives in Texas.

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVtAsPwaEbk

    cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/245776 > cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/245775 > > > I live in/near Denton. I'm wondering how we can expose and take down this fascist alt-reich bootlicker and child diddler. This man is a horrible cracker monster. Street justice.

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVtAsPwaEbk

    I live in/near Denton. I'm wondering how we can expose and take down this fascist alt-reich bootlicker and child diddler. This man is a horrible cracker monster. Street justice.

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    youtu.be

    cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/233594 > I've been following the online Youtube Predator Poachers and vigilante pedophile-hunting organizations on Youtube for years, and I have been watching from the sidelines and collecting evidence of these crackers for a while now. > > Hunting down and exposing pedophiles is a commendable, heroic act. My issue is that many of these pedophile hunters are themselves pedophiles or are Alt-Reich white supremacist affiliated capitalist bootlickers that spread toxic anti-communist delusional nonsense to their platforms of other alt-reich fans numbering in the millions. > > I live in Texas, and I won't divulge any major personal details unless necessary, to reduce the risk of being doxxed and assassinated by these whiteoid crackers. > > Alex Rosen, aka Chet Goldestein and Gordon Flowers is a part of the nation-wide coalition of Predator Poachers, and a prominent public figure known for exposing pedophiles Chris Hansen style. > > But over the years, pieces of evidence have illustrated that Alex and other affiliated predator hunters and Youtube channels are right-wing nazi sympathizers and fascist, racist bootlickers. > > > Alex is a narcissistic, sociopathic paper tiger. DO NOT underestimate the agonizingly evil manipulation and primal cunning and misery this man hides beneath his dozen dumbass demeanor. He is a useful cracker and bootlicker of fascist Proud Boys and has a special hatred of people of color and left-wing activists, and hides behind a cowardly veneer of humor and friendliness to cover his ass. > > Alex is merely an animal (and that is an insult to animals) that needs to be shamed and denigrated and humiliated and made to submit like the pathetic, grifting dog or leach that he is. Knowingly violent psychopaths only understand force, so Alex needs to be doxxed and shamed out of the public eye. He is an enemy of humanity and socialism. I should also note that Anxiety War is himself a white supremacist, and the affiliated youtube channel Dream Floral is a nazi bootlicker masquerading as an activist, and both of these tools harassed left-wing activists and people of color by attending protest events and doing cracker bullshit. > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWbhE8cb6u0 > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8GF_DrBYxE > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4LKRzQfXjg&t=2s > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYUCXV8l6Bw&t=16s > > https://www.youtube.com/c/dreamfloral/videos > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otrFD_VUy1A > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGWI2rT3YZ4 > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg7n8NrOgHQ > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln7HySWBCeQ > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g957VU7Kwqs > > https://kiwifarms.net/threads/alex-rosen-chet-goldstein-gordon-flowers-predator-poachers-usa.89418/ > > https://tsusports.com/sports/football/roster/alex-rosen/2846 > > https://www.maxpreps.com/athlete/alex-rosen/ceT2fO-vEeS-8KA2nzwbTA/default.htm > > https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-rosen-a1a131128 > > Alex is in his early-mid 20's and lives in or around Austin or Houston TX

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    youtu.be

    I've been following the online Youtube Predator Poachers and vigilante pedophile-hunting organizations on Youtube for years, and I have been watching from the sidelines and collecting evidence of these crackers for a while now. Hunting down and exposing pedophiles is a commendable, heroic act. My issue is that many of these pedophile hunters are themselves pedophiles or are Alt-Reich white supremacist affiliated capitalist bootlickers that spread toxic anti-communist delusional nonsense to their platforms of other alt-reich fans numbering in the millions. I live in Texas, and I won't divulge any major personal details unless necessary, to reduce the risk of being doxxed and assassinated by these whiteoid crackers. Alex Rosen, aka Chet Goldestein and Gordon Flowers is a part of the nation-wide coalition of Predator Poachers, and a prominent public figure known for exposing pedophiles Chris Hansen style. But over the years, pieces of evidence have illustrated that Alex and other affiliated predator hunters and Youtube channels are right-wing nazi sympathizers and fascist, racist bootlickers. Alex is a narcissistic, sociopathic paper tiger. DO NOT underestimate the agonizingly evil manipulation and primal cunning and misery this man hides beneath his dozen dumbass demeanor. He is a useful cracker and bootlicker of fascist Proud Boys and has a special hatred of people of color and left-wing activists, and hides behind a cowardly veneer of humor and friendliness to cover his ass. Alex is merely an animal (and that is an insult to animals) that needs to be shamed and denigrated and humiliated and made to submit like the pathetic, grifting dog or leach that he is. Knowingly violent psychopaths only understand force, so Alex needs to be doxxed and shamed out of the public eye. He is an enemy of humanity and socialism. I should also note that Anxiety War is himself a white supremacist, and the affiliated youtube channel Dream Floral is a nazi bootlicker masquerading as an activist, and both of these tools harassed left-wing activists and people of color by attending protest events and doing cracker bullshit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWbhE8cb6u0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8GF_DrBYxE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4LKRzQfXjg&t=2s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYUCXV8l6Bw&t=16s https://www.youtube.com/c/dreamfloral/videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otrFD_VUy1A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGWI2rT3YZ4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg7n8NrOgHQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln7HySWBCeQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g957VU7Kwqs https://kiwifarms.net/threads/alex-rosen-chet-goldstein-gordon-flowers-predator-poachers-usa.89418/ https://tsusports.com/sports/football/roster/alex-rosen/2846 https://www.maxpreps.com/athlete/alex-rosen/ceT2fO-vEeS-8KA2nzwbTA/default.htm https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-rosen-a1a131128 Alex is in his early-mid 20's and lives in or around Austin or Houston TX

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    khyberpass.org

    cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/233505 > cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/233504 > > > cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/233503 > > > > > I looked up Boris Kagarlitsky, and I'm not surprised to find that he was likely a Russian gusano. > > > > > > This article peddles liberal BS behind a veil of objectivity.

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    khyberpass.org

    I looked up Boris Kagarlitsky, and I'm not surprised to find that he was likely a Russian gusano. This article peddles liberal BS behind a veil of objectivity.

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